A powerful gust of wind awakened Chicken One from her nap. In haste, she felt under her to see that all her eggs were safe. Lo and behold, one egg was missing!Where has the egg gone, and however will it get home again? Will Pil, the circus elephant, ever find out who has been eating all his peanuts? And who is the thief who only steals odd socks?Solve these, and many more mysteries in Edetha Speceal's The Lost Egg and Other Stories.