flap your wings
when a strange egg appears in their nest mr. and mrs. bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the baby bird inside . but when the egg hatches the birds are in for a big surprise junior is the oddest looking baby bird theyve ever seen with big long jaws full of teeth and an appetite to match . in fact he looks more like a baby alligator than a baby bird nevertheless the devoted birds run themselves ragged feeding junior until he gets so big he must leave the nest or it will collapse underneath him . but how can junior fly without wings to the delight of the birds and readers the dilemma is solved when junior takes off from a branch overlooking a pond .
two birds unwittingly hatch an alligator egg which has been accidently placed in their nest and then try to teach their son to fly .