The Hatching

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Shellington had fallen asleep on his lab table. A notepad laid next to him as he snored. A container stood with mysterious eggs. Bigger than most creature eggs that  he has ever seen. The few days had been researching and watching the eggs day in and night. Nothing so far

He was peacefully sleeping when he woke up to a noise. He groaned, rubbing and eye and listened. It sounded like singing.. right next to him. Shellington got up and opened the container and gently took an egg. Holding it close It sang a chirpy song and then..

POP

Something pops out of the egg and Shellington catches it. It had a vegetable top, a turnip.. and a fish bottom. It sang happily and looked at him with a big smile. Shellington couldn't help but smile back. A cute fella.

Suddenly more popping occurred and Shellington saw more of the same creature. They were all different colors and chirped as they appeared. They all ran toward him jumping up and down curiously. A green one jumps into his other arm and pink and purple one crawls onto his head.

"Fascinating." He whispers as the rest of the creature crawl all over him. He's never seen a creature like this. He needed a name for this..They seem half veggie and half fish... half animal.. An idea appears in his mind

"Vegimals!" Shellington exclaims. "Your vegimals!"

The now named Vegimals chirped happily and clung onto him. He laughed at the new babies. He was excited to show the crew.

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