Prompted Shorties

The Hatching

Prompt: During the annual spring egg hunt, your child is delighted to find an egg larger than their head. Not only is it huge, it's also warm... and looks unlike any bird egg you've ever seen.

Story:

One magical Easter, a girl found an egg.

She thought it was magic! It was larger than her head.

She carried it home, with her wee tiny legs.

And placed it near her when she slept on her bed.

She cared for it as much as she could,

Took baths, ate dinners, like all girls should.

It was her best friend, or so she puts,

But her dad found out and demanded the truth.

Her dad wanted to return it to its nest,

But the girl, she loved it, so they kept it instead.

But then she asked, "What happens next?"

The dad replied, "We'll take care of it, don't fret."

A month has passed, magic came to the egg,

It grew legs, arms, a face, but no head.

The egg was its head, better than being dead,

At least he was thankful. What a courteous person! Or egg?

In no time at all, he began to speak,

At first it was gibberish, low and weak.

But the egg persevered and practiced every week,

Until he can say on his own "Mozambique".

The dad then taught the little egg to walk,

Until he can walk like a peacock.

He practiced some more, until he can jog.

Soon enough, he can do the moonwalk.

The egg grew older as more time came

The girl gave her best friend, finally, a name.

A name that will not put the egg to shame,

Humpty Dumpty is what the egg became.

All was well, in their humble abode,

Humpty also helped in the house load

Chores, games, and fun overflowed,

Until one day, Humpty went alone on the road.

Humpty dumpty found a haul

Of gold and treasures in a cave so tall,

That's when he saw a great big wall,

Of gold he swore he heard a call.

Humpty Dumpty, sat on the wall,

Humpty Dumpty, had a great fall,

All the king's horses and all the king's men,

Couldn't put Humpty together again.