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The Eggs

Aliki

196932 pagesabout 30–45 minutes
1969
first published
  • 1969Pantheon Books · 32 pages · ENG
  • 1969Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaISBN 9780606063531
  • 1994HarperTrophy · 32 pages · ENGISBN 9780064433853

Six years earlier the sea captain had forgotten to pay for a dinner of four eggs. When he returns to settle the debt he is told the price has risen to five hundred gold pieces.

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