An Easter egg riddle is:
Q: Why did the Easter egg hide?
A: He was a little chicken.
The joke was printed in several newspapers in 2002.
15 March 2002, The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL), TGIF sec., pg. 4, col. 3:
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Here’s a hoot: Why dd the Easter egg hide? He was a little chicken.
-- Tribune Media Services
30 March 2002, Cape Breton (NS) Post, “How many Easter eggs did each searcher find?” by Ron Penny, pg. C8:
And why did the Easter egg hide? Was it because he was a little chicken?
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4/20/03
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> Q: Why did the Easter egg hide?
> A: He was a little chicken!
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04-08-2004, 01:40 PM #1
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Q: Why did the Easter egg hide?
A: He was a little chicken!
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i like reading greeting cards at the grocery store. “why did the Easter egg hide?” “because it was a little chicken. Happy Easter!”
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7. Why did the Easter egg hide? … He was a little chicken!
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Funny Easter Jokes For Kids
By Peter Crumpton
PeteyRF Creative
2015
Pg. ?:
Why did the Easter egg hide?
He was a little chicken!
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Katie Woo’s Hilarious Holiday Jokes
By Fran Manushkin
North Mankato, MN: Picture Window Books
2017
Pg. 10:
Why did the Easter egg hide?
It was a little chicken.
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