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The document discusses the origin and evolution of the myth that storks deliver babies to families. It began with Ancient Greeks noting that storks were exemplary parents, leading to a link between storks and parenting. Northern Europeans associated storks with spring fertility festivals and believed more storks in town meant more babies. The Victorian era popularized images of storks carrying infants. While no longer believed, the stork-baby connection persists in expressions like "the stork brought you."

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