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[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

h/t P D Eastman, whose books I have read like 16,000,000 times after having children

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How did the crocodile egg get in the nest?

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A boy found the egg laying on a path. He was surrounded by turtles, alligators, and a bunch of other non-bird animals that also lay eggs. But he assumed it was a bird egg, found the nearest bird nest, put it in, and thought he had done a Good Deed.

What a maroon

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

A macaroon, even!

[–] silver@das-eck.haus 9 points 1 day ago

This book went hard when I was 4

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago

That's one hell of an egg