Ah yes, the age old question that sparks many a debate. The Chicken and the egg. This is a question that many a philosopher has tried to answer. A question that has sparked heated debates and friendly banter. I am here to put it to rest once and for all. You see I have the answer. Yup, that's right, I Bethany J. Bennett have in the vast files of my brain the answer to the age old question. I know you are excited to finally know the TRUTH behind the all the controversy but first I must tell you a story...
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, there lived a small child. All this child ever wanted was to get married and raise chickens. She dreamt of the day when she would meet her prince charming and they would ride off into the sunset on back of his noble steed, bound for his castle and there they would live and raise little chickens and live happily ever after. The years went by and she kept dreaming of that day, dreaming of the prince, dreaming of the chickens. Well one day she met that prince and they married and they rode off into the sunset bound for his castle, but a strange thing happened when they arrived at the castle, there were no chickens to be found. You see this prince was not a farmer like the young princess was and so he did not posses any chickens. The princess was saddened by this news but alas their lives went on without chickens. She would often times visit neighboring farms and sit and pet the chickens dreaming of the day when her fine prince would allow her to raise some chickens of her own. Well while she was dreaming of these future chickens and all the chicken adventures they would share some children came to them and they loved these children, but alas they weren't, well, they weren't...chickens, the princess loved them just the same. She did start to notice that they did have 'chicken' tendency's. You see when they were out in the market she would notice that the children had a tendency to 'scatter', and when dinning in the palace there would be food left under chairs and on the table. The younger children had even on occasion 'pecked' or bit the other children. And so as time went by she began to realise that her dream of raising chickens had in fact come true.
So you see, the answer is simple. When someone asks you "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" you can simply reply "The Child."
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what a good story teller you are. I hope that one gets re-told at bedtime often. ;)
Every time our history co-op meets, the kids play Jeopardy. One week, I was having trouble coming up with my final question. It was in the timeline category, "Which Came First?" So, for the 500 point question, I asked, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Truly memorable moment for the kiddos.
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