The Fatal Eggs the pre-plague level. However, the chicken eggs which are imported from outside the country are, by a mistake, sent to Persikov's laboratory while the reptile eggs destined for the professor end up in the hands of the farmers. As a result, Rokk breeds an enormous quantity of large and overly aggressive snakes, ostriches, and crocodiles which start attacking people. In the panic that follows, Persikov is killed by a mob — which blames him for the appearance of the snakes — and his cameras are smashed. The Red Army attempts to hold the snakes back, but only the coming of
Caroline Bird have been published in several anthologies and journals including "Poetry Magazine", "PN Review", "Poetry Review" and "The North" magazine. Her poems and a commissioned short story, "Sucking Eggs", have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. A member of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, Bird is also a playwright. She was part of the Bush Theatre's 2011 project "Sixty-Six Books", for which she wrote a piece based on a book of the "King James Bible" In February 2012, Bird presented her "Beano"-inspired show "The Trial of Dennis the Menace", featuring original music by Matt Rogers, which was performed in the