Cosmic Egg

Every two seconds, clink, clink. Every two seconds, one fell into the box; one for every egg laid by a certain species of African termite. Clink. Every two seconds, a one-euro coin. Clink, clink. In one minute, 25 coins were collected. In one hour, 1,500 coins. 1,500 euros per hour. Clink, clink. Somewhere, a box was filling up, clink, clink.