Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for June 13, 2014
Transcript:
Alix: My teacher says the ostrich that laid this egg probably isn't MISSING it. Val: You were worried about that?! Alix: Well, sure! This was going to be an ostrich's BABY! Holly: So...no potential baby chickens for you this morning? Alix: GACK!! Val: You HAD to do that? Holly: It was there for the taking.
ORMouseworks almost 10 years ago
Leave it to Holly… ;)
horseygirl Premium Member almost 10 years ago
A future vegetarian?
rayannina almost 10 years ago
As an older brother, I’m kind of with Holly on this one. Alix just painted a target on herself.
in.amongst almost 10 years ago
And we have a veggie…….. Yippeee! Not bad if one can get used to it.
snarkm almost 10 years ago
Considering that most eggs available chicken eggs aren’t actually inseminated, this is a non issue. An egg isn’t an embryo…
It’s more of a chicken period :P
The Life I Draw Upon almost 10 years ago
So what is broccoli, corn, tomatoes, nuts, bean sprouts …
cruftschamp almost 10 years ago
…… @the life I draw upon: very good point!! They all could have grown and flowered and ripened to seed and then go be fertilizer for their offspring in the fullness of time……. There is only one way: Fasting forever…I’m quite amazed that Alix is so totally unaware.. what is she supposed to be? Nine? — probably another family without any children’s books on nature and the universe… but lately all characters have taken a swing into “dumb-sweet-things”..Tomorrow they’ll finally realize the egg was sent already without fouling contents, hint: the whole on the bottom……
cruftschamp almost 10 years ago
the hole… not the whole… hole-hole-hole….
IndyMan almost 10 years ago
Who knew Holly could cook ? Much less have the ‘gumption’ to do it ! !
jay_dallas almost 10 years ago
My older brother used to do that to me all the time
cindyorch almost 10 years ago
will someone please slap Holly upside the head???
unca jim almost 10 years ago
The old joke, where dad says; “You kids stop whining about the eggs I cooked for your breakfast! Just shut up and eat !”“But dad?!?”NOW what?? Just eat it !"“The beaks, too??”
AlnicoV almost 10 years ago
It seems like this leads directly to one of those conversations that parents dread. Having to explain the exact reason why that egg will never hatch.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Holly!
slypuma almost 10 years ago
Very sisterly of you.
Jeff0811 almost 10 years ago
If I were to ever go the meatless route, it would have to be vegetarian, eating cheese, eggs, milk, steak, ribs, chicke…nevermind.
A long time ago when I was about Holly’s age, I had a bad cold and was left home alone while everyone else was at school or work. I made myself some eggs, and accidentally left the carton of eggs out on the counter. My mother came home from work about 5 hrs later, and asked why I had left the eggs out.
I told her I was lonely and was hoping for some baby chicks to keep me company. To my surprise, she actually thought that was funny and laughed.
GeorgeJohnson almost 10 years ago
That place, is where else, China.They even have baby feathers on them, feet and all. It was OBVIOUSLY going to be a chicken if they had left it alone.
GeorgeJohnson almost 10 years ago
Time to teach little Alix about fertilization.
I'll fly away almost 10 years ago
Holly is way too much like my oldest brother.