“The Fable of the Hen Who Laid Easter Eggs Every Day.” advertisement · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: “The Fable of the Hen Who Laid Easter Eggs Every Day.” advertisement
Description: 1950? New Yorker Advertisement: “The Fable of the Hen Who Laid Easter Eggs Every Day.” New York: W & J Sloane. No date. Source Unknown.

Ophelia laid a colored egg on Easter, and her master was pleased. So she began laying an egg of a different color every day. Then one day a muddy brown egg came. So she turned to two-toned eggs, spotted eggs, striped eggs. The master got more and more disappointed as time went on. Finally he asked “Could you lay a perfectly plain egg?” She had completely forgotten how. When you visit the Sloane store, you will be impressed by the original ideas. But you will be impressed even more “by the restraint with which this originality is used.” I find no echoes of this advertisement on the web.
Date: 1950?
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