Bart the Mother

"Bart the Mother" is the third episode of Season 10 (originally going to be in season nine).
==Synopsis==
Bart shoots down a mother bird with the rifle that Nelson won at a family fun center. When Marge finds out, she becomes so mad that she (once again) neglects her son out of shame. In repentance, Bart decides to take care of the eggs in its nest — until he and the rest of the family discover that the abandoned baby birds are actually reptilian pests who feed off birds.
==Full Story==
When Marge takes the family to the Family Fun Center, she notices that Nelson is acting like a madman, especially when he knocks Milhouse off the track and wins a with tickets (by cheating on the skeeball game). Bart and Nelson attempt to be friends, but Marge insists that she does not want him to be with Nelson. Bart uses Nelson's BB gun anyway, and when he does, he accidentally kills a bird, and leaves two eggs behind after the bird dies. Marge is irritated that Bart killed the bird, but instead of punishing him, she refuses to have anything to do with his destructive ways and drives off. Bart secretly keeps the eggs warm, and the act is praised by Marge. With her help the eggs eventually hatch into lizards, which he names "Chirpy Boy" and "Bart Junior."
Bart and Marge take the lizards to the Springfield Birdwatching Society for answers. Principal Skinner, the group's leader, explains they are Bolivian Tree Lizards, a type of lizard that steals a bird's eggs and leaves their own eggs to be watched after by the mother bird before they get eaten by the offspring (technically Bart inadvertently mercy killed the mother bird thus saving it from such a fate). Skinner wants the lizards killed by law, because they have killed many bird species including the , the , and the . Bart begs for his lizards to be spared but Skinner won't budge. Marge has a talk with him and understands what it means to love and care someone as she feel the same about him. Marge stalls the birdwatchers as Bart escapes and runs away with the lizards. The lizards are flung off the building, but use their wing flaps to land safely, which Skinner had hoped the lizards didn't know they had.
The lizards escape into the wild and quickly multiply, decimating Springfield's pigeon population. Much to Marge's surprise, the rest of the town considered the pigeons to be a nuisance, so they are in fact delighted. As a result, Bart was thanked for this and was honored with a candle by Mayor Quimby. Lisa is worried that the town will be infested when Skinner reinforces they will send in Chinese snakes, gorillas and then winter will take care of the rest. In the end, while the Simpsons head to their car, a pigeon gets trapped and mauled by several lizards on the sidewalk. 
== Citations ==
fr:Lézards populaires
pl:Bart the Mother
pt:Bart uma mãe
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