The beast retreats but she is injured so
(Sand like boulders for the 1st instar)
Doesn't know if she will make it through
(The creatures were all eggs not long ago)
Ponders life and death and everything
(Shells still soft they hide from predators)
What's that crawling in the sand below?
(Little do they know they've got so far to go)
A million creatures of the sea