Egg
by Kevin Henkes
Popular
Few words
See?
Reading at end of meeting; some children in the bathroom.
Waiting for green egg to crack.
They need to peck it!
Crocodile inside. “Surprise!”
“alone sad lonely miserable”
Why?
Because he wants to play with the birds!
Birds return. Look – crocodile’s face.
Jamie He’s getting happy!
Why?
Because the birds come.
“friends”
Friends! Friends! Friends!
This is mysterious. What’s that?
Sun.
But then it turns into…
Egg.
How?
long pause...
Wesley: It was a egg first, then the egg turns into a sun. Maybe the egg has power to turn into a sun!
Wow!
Snacking children want to read.
Johann eating crackers: Crackers crack.
“Like egg!”
Good joke.
Smile. Laugh.
