INTRODUCTION An elephant egg Don't be absurd If you want an egg Go find a bird All animals must have babies that will grow up to be like them If they didn't there would be no more elephants or birds or butterflies or baboons or people Every animal would become extinct When an animal has a baby it is reproducing itself Animals reproduce themselves in different ways One way is by laying eggs The new baby grows inside the egg until it hatches Animals that lay eggs are called oviparous oh VIP uh russ I'm OVIPAROUS I'm a red hen named Meg Why am I clucking I just laid an egg
Other baby animals grow inside their mothers bodies Animals that carry their babies inside their bodies before the babies are born are called viviparous vie VIP uh russ I am VIVIPAROUS I began inside my mother With four other kittens Three sisters and one brother
It's easy to tell when a woman is having a baby her belly gets bigger and bigger and bigger After nine months her baby is born I can't remember The day I was born The 5th of September At 8 in the morn I must have been there I had to be Cause if I wasn't I wouldn't be me
Chapter 1 Small Birds Birds come in different sizes and so do their eggs A hummingbird egg is as small as a blueberry An ostrich egg is as big as a grapefruit Bird eggs come in different colors too Some eggs are plain white or brown or blue Others are multi-colored I'm inside an egg That's colored pale blue When I come out Will I be blue too
