@%==~~.... ....~~==%@
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@@%===~~~. .~~~===%@@
##@@%==~~. ## .~~~~~. ## .~~==%@@##
##@@%==~~. ~~~~~~~~ # egg eater # ~~~~~~~~ .~~==%@@##
##@@@%==~. ## .~~~~~. ## .~==%@@@##
#@@@%==~~. .~~==%@@@#
@@%%%==~~. .~~==%%%@@
@@@@%==~~. absolutely spherical egg. find it on .~~==%@@@@
@@==~~.... large sandy beaches, upshore where ....~~==@@
@@@%=~.... dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, ....~=%@@@
@@@==~~~.. ..~~~==@@@
@@@@%==~~. makes some sentient bird or other .~~==%@@@@
#@@@%==~~. warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, .~~==%@@@#
##@@%==~~. incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. .~~==%@@##
##@@@%=~~. slithery but strong. .~~=%@@@##
##@@%==~~. .~~==%@@##
@%==~..... the egg has an opening. the egg has a .....~==%@
@@@@%==~~. belly button. looks like a rubber .~~==%@@@@
@%=~~..... vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes .....~~=%@
#@@@%==~~. a hole. .~~==%@@@#
@@@@%==~~. .~~==%@@@@
@@===~.... # ...~~~~~~~~~~... # ....~===@@
@@%==~.... ....~==%@@
#@@@%==~~. and on these beaches there's a .~~==%@@@#
##@@%==~~. particular snake or lizard which .~~==%@@##
##@@%==~~. certainly eats insects most of the .~~==%@@##
@%%=~..... time, but it knows a good belly button .....~=%%@
@%==~..... when it sees one, and knows to enter .....~==%@
@===~~.... the egg ....~~===@
@@@@%==~~. .~~==%@@@@
##@@%==~~. it will crawl into the teal sphere, .~~==%@@##
##@@%==~~. disappear completely and eat it all up, .~~==%@@##
@@%==~.... ruining the integrity of the egg. ....~==%@@
@==~...... destroying the inhabitant. ......~==@
@@@@%==~~. .~~==%@@@@
@@@=~..... it's a grisly sight when it cracks .....~=@@@
#@@@%==~~. open, the reptile taking the quick .~~==%@@@#
@%=~...... exit, emerging bloodied and victorious ......~=%@
#@@@%==~~. and satisfied~~ .~~==%@@@#
@@@@%==~~. .~~==%@@@@
@%=~~~.... ....~~~=%@
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