Birdie and Me by J. M. M. Nuanez

Author:J. M. M. Nuanez [Nuanez, J. M. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2020-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

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Mama told me that when I was four, she’d read me the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham and immediately afterward I demanded to know what green eggs actually tasted like. “Aren’t they yucky?” I guess I asked. Mama said absolutely not! And then she made me some to prove that they were delicious.

She tried and tried to make the ham green, but it always came out mostly brown, with dark green splotches all over that looked like mold. The eggs, on the other hand, were always this perfect peppy green. So we decided to forget all about the stupid ham and just focus on the perfect green eggs.

So the birthday green eggs started when Birdie was three. He was still trying to figure out how to string words together because he was kind of late to talk, and Mama had asked him what he wanted for his birthday. He jumped up and down and screamed, “Green eggs! Green eggs! I want green eggs!” And then he did this little exuberant dance with his hips moving around in a circle like there was an invisible hula hoop, and Mama and I looked at each other and just broke up laughing and so did Birdie. It was so unlike the quiet Birdie we were used to.

So when my birthday came, I copied his dance and shout because I thought it was cute and from then on we always made green eggs on our birthdays. And every once in a while, Mama made them for no reason and it was like Santa showing up at your house in July.

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