# The Storks — Nonsense Books character guide

> The Storks in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** two old Storks, seven young Storks

**First appearance:** 0091-one-hundred-nonsense-pictures-and-rhymes

## Who they are

Storks who appear in a nonsense rhyme.

## Relationships

### [The Geese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_geese)

_rivalry_

The Geese and the Storks are competitive birds who often squabble over territory or food.

### [The Parrots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_parrots)

_social_

The Parrots and the Storks are fellow birds who interact as neighbors in the same ecosystem.

### [The Owl and the Pussycat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_owl_and_the_pussycat)

_friendship_

The Owl and the Pussycat are friendly with the Storks, who sometimes assist them in their journeys.

### [The Parrots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/the_parrots)

_social_

The Parrots and the Storks are fellow birds who interact as neighbors in the same ecosystem.

## In the story

### [The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/the-history-of-the-seven-families-of-the-lake-pipple-popple)

The family of two old Storks and seven young Storks; the young Storks quarrel over a frog and peck each other to pieces.

### [Chapter II: The Seven Families](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-ii-the-seven-families)

A family of two old Storks and seven young Storks.

### [Chapter III: The Habits of the Seven Families](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-iii-the-habits-of-the-seven-families)

The Storks walk in and out of Lake Pipple-Popple, eating frogs for breakfast and buttered toast for tea, unable to sit due to their long legs.

### [Chapter IV: The Children of the Seven Families Are Sent Away](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-iv-the-children-of-the-seven-families-are-sent-away)

The old Storks advise their children to divide a frog into seven bits without quarreling.

### [Chapter VI: The History of the Seven Young Storks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-vi-the-history-of-the-seven-young-storks)

The seven young Storks set out on a journey, quarrel over a frog, and ultimately destroy each other.

### [Chapter XIII: Of What Became of the Parents of the Forty-Nine Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/chapter-xiii-of-what-became-of-the-parents-of-the-forty-nine-children)

Two old Storks, parents of the seven young Storks.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/iv)

The Stork is among the creatures that come to the Crumpetty Tree.

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