Blurb:
The Talking Eggs is the tale of two sisters: Rose, who is spoiled and lazy but her mother's favorite, and sweet Blanche, who is forced to fetch and carry and do all the hard work for her mother and sister. Blanche's life is miserable until one day her kindness to an old witch-woman catapults her into a miraculous world where cows have two heads and rabbits in fancy dress dance the Virginia reel. Strangest of all are the wondrous talking eggs, which dramatically prove that beauty may hide great ugliness while the plainest of objects may conceal treasures within.
The Talking Egg is adapted from a Creole folktale originally included in a collection of Louisiana stories by the folklorist Alcee Fortier and published late in the nineteenth century. The tale appears to have its roots in popular European fairy tales probably brought to Louisiana by the French emigres. Variations of the story, with Cajun or Gullah overtones, suggest that it was gradually spread orally through other areas of the American South.
