Humpty Dumpty

In the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty who or what he represents is still a mystery. Some think he may in fact have been an egg though this hypothesis does not acknowledge. And yet he’s always depicted as one and always with legs, whereas eggs have none. That said, how did he get to be on a wall from which eventually he had a great fall? And who are all the king’s horses and king’s men who were unable to piece him together again? A task that would have proved impossible given the impact of his fall on a fragile shell. Hens quite naturally find all this speculation futile fodder for brainy egghead cogitation. What all hens know and vouch about their eggs is that none has ever left their rear on legs.