The child must feed...

As she sat mewling and squawking beside me, I knew my offspring would need to eat again soon. I selected our next victim and pulled a long knife from its sheath. "This is tougher than I thought", I said, as I dug the knife hard into the thick skin. My offspring just smacked her lips in delight, awaiting her favorite meal. It squirmed around beneath me as I removed its hard exterior, red juices flowing down the handle of my knife into a pool beneath us until finally there was a neat pile of the discarded skin, and the creature squirmed no more. Slowly I began to filet the flesh, carving away bright pink hunks of meat and setting them aside for myself. The child was hungry, and she must have her favorite piece. I gulped down chunks of innards as I made my way through the thing, my offspring drooling as we got closer to her goal. Finally fhere it was - the heart - and I carefully sliced it into small pieces and flung them at my ravenous young. She shoveled hunks of the thing into her mouth, the juices flowing down her cheeks, here and there slinging bits below. Ravenous dogs gobbled up whatever scraps were flung aside in her haste. I made my way through the remaining flesh, delighting in her rapturous indulgence, until finally no meat remained save a single vein dangling from her gaping maw. As she clapped her hands eagerly, squealing "more, more!" I thought to myself, "next time we're going to need a bigger watermelon".