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- Crow hatches cuckoo's egg. A2431.2.1.1
- Why bustard hatches but two eggs. (Cf. A2284.2.) A2486.2
- Helpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helper. B317
- Woman lays eggs and hatches them. F569.1
- Bird controls sex and appearance of offspring. Hatches seven eggs – three under each wing and one under breast. The right wing hatches three red males, the left three green females. The egg under the breast shares the characteristics of both sex and color – but dies. F987.1
- Boy thinks terrapin hatches from bedbug eggs. Small boy examines bedbug eggs under pillow every morning. One morning he finds a terrapin there. "I don't see how we raised this so quick." J1772.1.1
- The general hatches out an egg. The page induces the general to take his place in sitting on the eggs. Then he calls the king to look. K1253
- Saint stands (asleep) while bird builds nest and hatches brood in his hand. V462.8.2