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.....~-/†$ ## .~---~. ## $†/-~.....
....~-/†$& -------- # EGG EATER # -------- &$†/-~....
...~-/†$&@ ## .~---~. ## @&$†/-~...
..~-/†$&@# #@&$†/-~..
.~-/†$&@## ##@&$†/-~.
..~-/†$&@# ABSOLUTELY SPHERICAL EGG. FIND IT ON #@&$†/-~..
...~-/†$&@ LARGE SANDY BEACHES, UPSHORE WHERE @&$†/-~...
....~-/†$& DUNES MEET SHADOWY PINES. TEAL EGG, &$†/-~....
.....~-/†$ $†/-~.....
......~-/† MAKES SOME SENTIENT BIRD OR OTHER †/-~......
.......~-/ WARM-BLOODED CREATURE. LANKY MEAT, /-~.......
........~- INCREDIBLE MEAT INSIDE, MOSTLY TENDONS. -~........
.........~ SLITHERY BUT STRONG. ~.........
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.......... THE EGG HAS AN OPENING. THE EGG HAS A ..........
.......... BELLY BUTTON. LOOKS LIKE A RUBBER ..........
.......... VORTEX, THE CRUST GETS SOFT AND BECOMES ..........
.......... A HOLE. ..........
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........~- AND ON THESE BEACHES THERE'S A -~........
.......~-/ PARTICULAR SNAKE OR LIZARD WHICH /-~.......
......~-/† CERTAINLY EATS INSECTS MOST OF THE †/-~......
.....~-/†$ 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. &$†/-~....
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......~-/† 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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