“He cradles the egg like treasure and shows me the catalog of the Viking bearded seal figurines. Before this series, Kinder launched the Russian bears, the Canadian caribou, the French poodles—I remember a mime, a pastry chef, and a can-can dancer with a jaunty red beret—the Majorcan hedgehogs, and the Egyptian camels, painted to resemble the gods of hieroglyphs. Ridiculous trinkets forming an international circus of moronic animals.” ChildhoodShort StoryWomen S FictionShort Story CollectionMature Main CharacterChocolate Egg Book:The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories Source: The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories