Ægle Family Greets Two New Members
Proud Parents Welcome One Chick with Pride—the Other with Disappointment
"Through the speckled shell, scratching emanated—distinct, yet faint amidst the hungry din—and the beak of one eager to meet his kin peeked through the puncture."
But the chick turned within the shell, presenting soggy down through the jagged window, then falling still.
Mother raised her talon to split the shell wide open. Her wet and weary spawn spilled onto the nest's thatched floor—tongue lolling, wings limp, eyes glassy.
Father had protested the intervention. Now he sulked at the nest's edge, back turned in defeat.
Meanwhile Sister, first-born and vigorous, demanded her breakfast with keening cries.
Thus the stage was set.
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