Horton hatches the egg

Description:

When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

subjects: Children's stories,  Elephants,  Fiction,  Folklore,  Humorous stories,  Juvenile fiction,  Stories in rhyme,  Legends and stories,  Picture books,  Eggs,  Parenting,  Incubation,  Fantasy,  Classics,  Animals,  Fantasy fiction,  Children's literature,  Stories in Verse,  Reliability,  JUVENILE FICTION,  Children's fiction