The eggs
By: a Greek folk tale retold and illustrated by Aliki.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1969
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Folklore -- Greece
Description: Six years earlier the sea captain had forgotten to pay for a dinner of four eggs. When he returns to settle the debt he is told the price has risen to five hundred gold pieces.