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Carmen’s soft humming filled the air of the daycare, rising up over the otherwise quiet of the hut with most of the isolings out on an adventure in the forest just outside. Every so often a shrill scream of laughter would emerge from somewhere near the hut and startle the adults into checking on their charges but all in all everything was peaceful and it was a warm, pleasant day to laze about and care for the eggs. Frio took this to heart. Carmen had expressed some concern over the small size of this one particular egg. The bright pink egg wriggled almost constantly, desperate to hatch, and they’d heard numerous peeps and chirps from inside of it. Already the rest of the clutch it had come in with had hatched, but this one was small, and late.
Gently, Frio took a damp cloth and brushed it over the pink shell, taking some special time to polish one of the peach spots. What he suspected was that the little one just didn’t have the room in their shell to get enough leverage to break free.
That wasn’t stopping it from trying, he could feel the furious taps of frustrated rabbit kicks under his palm.
He paused, and had an idea. Very carefully, he set the rag down and placed one palm on top of the egg, to hold it steady. The other he placed on the opposite side of the egg from where he felt the kicks. He heard an almost confused peep and a solid tap. Even Carmen looked up from where she was creating a nest for the next clutch they were expecting. Then there was a jubilent chirp and the back side of the egg exploded open from the force of the kick the isoling offered.
Finally, they were able to emerge into the world.

Description

Carmen’s soft humming filled the air of the daycare, rising up over the otherwise quiet of the hut with most of the isolings out on an adventure in the forest just outside. Every so often a shrill scream of laughter would emerge from somewhere near the hut and startle the adults into checking on their charges but all in all everything was peaceful and it was a warm, pleasant day to laze about and care for the eggs. Frio took this to heart. Carmen had expressed some concern over the small size of this one particular egg. The bright pink egg wriggled almost constantly, desperate to hatch, and they’d heard numerous peeps and chirps from inside of it. Already the rest of the clutch it had come in with had hatched, but this one was small, and late.
Gently, Frio took a damp cloth and brushed it over the pink shell, taking some special time to polish one of the peach spots. What he suspected was that the little one just didn’t have the room in their shell to get enough leverage to break free.
That wasn’t stopping it from trying, he could feel the furious taps of frustrated rabbit kicks under his palm.
He paused, and had an idea. Very carefully, he set the rag down and placed one palm on top of the egg, to hold it steady. The other he placed on the opposite side of the egg from where he felt the kicks. He heard an almost confused peep and a solid tap. Even Carmen looked up from where she was creating a nest for the next clutch they were expecting. Then there was a jubilent chirp and the back side of the egg exploded open from the force of the kick the isoling offered.
Finally, they were able to emerge into the world.