Flying Eggs

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

C. S. Lewis

Spring is here and so are these “15 Fun Egg Facts For Egg Day (June 3) ” from the Farmers’ Almanac . (The “Egg Day” part is early, of course.) As listicles go, this one has some amusing facts, and it’s hard to pick a couple to quote here. Since Mother’s Day is around the corner, this tidbit about why chicken eggs are more prominent than duck or turkey seems apt: “Chickens lay more eggs, they need less nesting space, and they don’t have the strong mothering instincts of turkeys and ducks, which makes egg collection easier.”

About the author

Clive Staples Lewis : (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.