Once upon a time, an egg called H. D. WallSitter fell from the top of a wall.
And it was no ordinary fall. Mr. WallSitter spent quite a lot of time sitting on walls, after all, and had some experience falling off them.
This was, in fact, a Great Fall. He had never had one of THOSE before.
He promptly broke into pieces, and was so distraught he hardly noticed when all the king’s horses and all the king’s men arrived to perform emergency surgery. Or, when an actual surgeon showed up to piece him back together again.
It was only later, when the anesthesia was starting to wear off, the Mr. WallSitter realized one of the king’s horses had never left. This horse was wearing pinstriped pants and a gray vest. He had a pocket watch in his hoof.
“You know, Mr. WallSitter,” the horse said. “That wall you were sitting on, I’d say it didn’t look fit for sitting upon. Not fit for sitting upon at all. Tell me, was there a sign?”
“A sign?”
“Telling you not to sit upon the wall?”
“Not at all!”
“Had you received any warnings about staying away from the wall?”
“Not at all!”
“Then, Mr. WallSitter, I think I can make you a very rich egg indeed.”
The egg drifted off to sleep at that point, but the next day, he called the king’s horse and asked him to represent him in a lawsuit against the city for allowing the wall to become unfit for sitting upon.
He did become a very rich egg, and immediately had plans drafted for the construction of his very own wall.
The End
Source: Humpty Dumpty, English Nursery Rhyme
