EOSTRE
I got you some eggs
I don't eat eggs Ray
I know, but it's Easter soon. There's some sort of rabbit-egg correlation isn't there?
Didn't Jesus the magnificent pull a rabbit out of a hat and turn eggs into chocolate?
Yes, I believe that was John 2:11
What IS the Rabbit thing with Easter?
Were there rabbits in the bible?
No, we're shockingly under-represented
I think it's more a pagan thing
We rabbits are a symbol for frolicking and fornication
General gallivanting
The easter bunny is not strictly speakin' a bunny.
He's a creature of mythical pro-portions
Was it immaculate conceptualisation?
A bunny who lays choccy eggs…
What could be more immaculate?
My Grand-Da had this old German book, De Oster-Clukken
Says here the sacred beast of Ēostre is born from a hen's egg incubated under a rabbit…
The creature hatched from this egg is half hen, half bunny, and lays multicoloured eggs of chocolate.
Like a golden goose but for chocolate?
Wrap your cheeks around this then mate
How's the roosting going?
I've got him sat on a hot water bottle.
It's not too hot is it?
We don't want him hard-boiled
You sure? We could have a whole detective story, I've already got the title…
Chick Tracy
Alternate path, choose your own adventure
1 or 2 detective comics with Chick Tracy
The Chicks were screamin' blue murder
The coup had been raided and a dozen eggs snatched
I already had a lead but the guy was tight-lipped
I always say you can't crack a case without breakin' a few heads
The lead had fizzled and I was out of ideas
There is strict rules to this beast of Ēostre business…
A hen's egg incubated under a rabbit
Not sat on a hot water bottle!
But Ray, roosting is tough on the tush
Sit down and think of England Otto
Why is Otto straddling an egg?
He's roosting
We're trying to hatch the Easter bunny
We'll get free chocolate eggs all year round!
That seems like poor motivation to bring a child into this world
Walks off
Did I not properly explain the thing about free choccy eggs?
How's lil' eggbert this morning?
He's been kicking Ray
Here have a feel
Uh
Kicked across panel foot breaks out of egg
Skids to a stop
Oh wow, what a kick
This kid is yolked
Stood on two feet, still in egg
Woah, we actually did it
It’s an easter bunny
Right you just look after her for 6-8 months till she's ready to lay us some choccy eggs yeah?
Grabs Ray by tail
6-8 months?
Didn’t I mention that?
And that’s if she’s a she
Holding up lil’kit
How do you tell if he’s a she?
These days it’s not so cut and dried is it?
Spontaneous sex changes are pretty common in some animals
Probably stress induced
There’s a load of feathers in the way
That looks like giblets eh?
I don’t think giblets means what you think it does
There’s significant contextual clues, can you just answer the question?
I don’t think there’s any way to be sure she’s a she
Not till she lays an egg
or contrariwise he does not
Behold the wonders of science
We should hang out now we're both parents
How are your nipples? Mine hurt like hell
Maybe we should have a trial period Otto
Just in case this doesn't work out for some reason
Oh come ON Pepper, us mum's gotta have someone to talk to about our nipple problems?
Aside from you bein' a bloke who is tryin' to breastfeed Otto...
YOUR nipple issues come from trying to breastfeed a child who has a beak.
All my instincts are for mothering a Rabbit
But lil' Kit here is half hen
Do blokes have mothering instincts?
Don't put your Mum-Dad gender politics on me Pepper
I'm trying to fill both parental roles here
I'll be Mad, or Dum
Or I'll work out a better name later
No, those both feel a good fit
What are you doing Otto?
I'm trying to be respectful of lil' Kits twin heritage
She's half rabbit, but also half hen
Only right I teach her the 'ol Chicken bible
You're reading a Fried Chicken menu
