Cuckoos always leave their eggs in other birds’ nests and know that the babies will soon hatch under the care of the host bird. The only thing different here was that this was not a nest but Toto’s shaggy hair! Mamma wanted to take the eggs right away, but Toto insisted on keeping them on his head, little realising the inconvenience it would cause him. That night Toto slept on a straight-backed wooden chair so that the eggs wouldn’t fall off his hair. Mamma switched on the radiator so that Toto and the eggs would be warm.