Wolves and bears? Negative connotations, more likely to devour children than deliver them. Elephants and kangaroos? Unfortunately, they don't live here. Most other animals? Too small. After all, a blackbird can't carry babies. So who was left to conceal the true circumstances of conception and birth from children? The stork.
Our stork may not be carrying any babies, but he is carrying a sack full of flowers.
