Enormous Egg, The

When Nate Twitchell, a New Hampshire boy, discovers that one of his family's hens has laid the biggest egg he has ever seen, he is determined to see it hatch .And when it does, neither he nor his parents, the townspeople, the scientists, or the politicians from Washington are prepared for what comes out! It is a Triceratops dinosaur that Nate takes care of, walks and feeds. Finally, when he takes it to Washington, D.C., the senators debate whether taxpayer money should be spent on studying Uncle Beazley. Nate pleads with the country on TV that people should write to their congressman and the dinosaur is saved!