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“Oh, at long last, our chick is about to arrive” Mama exclaimed. “Come on laddie, easy now, take your time, there’s no rush, nice and slow” Papa said. “Hey, it might be a lassie?” Mama said jokingly.

Then all of a sudden the egg hatched open. First a beak, then a head, then the wings and finally the body and feet, just rolled out into the nest. Baby chick was struggling to stand on its feet. It was a Boy! “Easy does it laddie” Papa said as he lifted up his new born son with his wing. “Thats it” Papa said as the little one finally stood on his on two feet.

“Oh my darling son” Mama said “Oh, look Papa he has your beak'” Papa replied “Well Mama he surely has your eyes dear”. They then both slowly snuggled up to their new chick. Looking into each others eyes, remembering the hurt from losing the other two eggs, while in sheer happiness of the young ones arrival.

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Chapter 4

he Last Egg Left

ama and Papa were devastated. “If only I hadn’t left the nest to go down for the bits that had blown away” Mama kept saying to herself. Papa was consoling her,

“It's not your fault deary, it's not your fault”. It started to get cold again, “Go on Mama, we've got one egg left, let's focus all our attention on this little one” Mama reluctantly sat on the last egg. And over the next few days, she became very attached to it. “You're my last egg, my only chick, whether a boy or a girl, I’ll love you more than anything when you're born”.

Then on a starry evening Mama was woken to some strange movement from her egg. As the egg jolted around in the nest, Mama yelled “Ouch! what are you up to dear?”. Papa had just got back from picking worms and they both began to eat, when Crack, Crack, Crack the egg started to hatch..

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your eyes dear”. They then both slowly snuggled up to their new chick. Looking into each others eyes, remembering the hurt from losing the other two eggs, while in sheer happiness of the young ones arrival.

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you more than anything when you're born”.

Then on a starry evening Mama was woken to some strange movement from her egg. As the egg jolted around in the nest, Mama yelled “Ouch! what are you up to dear?”. Papa had just got back from picking worms and they both began to eat, when Crack, Crack, Crack the egg started to hatch..

“Oh, at long last, our chick is about to arrive” Mama exclaimed. “Come on laddie, easy now, take your time, there’s no rush, nice

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and slow” Papa said. “Hey, it might be a lassie?” Mama said jokingly.

Then all of a sudden the egg hatched open. First a beak, then a head, then the wings and finally the body and feet, just rolled out into the nest. Baby chick was struggling to stand on its feet. It was a Boy! “Easy does it laddie” Papa said as he lifted up his new born son with his wing. “Thats it” Papa said as the little one finally stood on his on two feet.

“Oh my darling son” Mama said “Oh, look Papa he has your beak'” Papa replied “Well Mama he surely has

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Chapter 4

he Last Egg Left

ama and Papa were devastated. “If only I hadn’t left the nest to go down for the bits that had blown away” Mama kept saying to herself. Papa was consoling her,

“It's not your fault deary, it's not your fault”. It started to get cold again, “Go on Mama, we've got one egg left, let's focus all our attention on this little one” Mama reluctantly sat on the last egg. And over the next few days, she became very attached to it. “You're my last egg, my only chick, whether a boy or a girl, I’ll love

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Back to all chapter.

egg jolted around in the nest, Mama yelled “Ouch! what are you up to dear?”. Papa had just got back from picking worms and they both began to eat, when Crack, Crack, Crack the egg started to hatch..

“Oh, at long last, our chick is about to arrive” Mama exclaimed. “Come on laddie, easy now, take your time, there’s no rush, nice and slow” Papa said. “Hey, it might be a lassie?” Mama said jokingly.

Then all of a sudden the egg hatched open. First a beak, then a head, then the wings and finally the body and feet, just rolled out into the nest. Baby chick was struggling to stand on its feet. It was a Boy! “Easy does it laddie” Papa said as he lifted up his new born son

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with his wing. “Thats it” Papa said as the little one finally stood on his on two feet.

“Oh my darling son” Mama said “Oh, look Papa he has your beak'” Papa replied “Well Mama he surely has your eyes dear”. They then both slowly snuggled up to their new chick. Looking into each others eyes, remembering the hurt from losing the other two eggs, while in sheer happiness of the young ones arrival.

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Chapter 4

he Last Egg Left

ama and Papa were devastated. “If only I hadn’t left the nest to go down for the bits that had blown away” Mama kept saying to herself. Papa was consoling her,

“It's not your fault deary, it's not your fault”. It started to get cold again, “Go on Mama, we've got one egg left, let's focus all our attention on this little one” Mama reluctantly sat on the last egg. And over the next few days, she became very attached to it. “You're my last egg, my only chick, whether a boy or a girl, I’ll love you more than anything when you're born”.

Then on a starry evening Mama was woken to some strange movement from her egg. As the

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