,^~**@@¤#@ @#¤@@**~^,
,,,,,~**¤¤ ¤¤**~,,,,,
,^~**¤#@## ##@#¤**~^,
,,,,^***@# #@***^,,,,
,,^^^^**¤@ @¤**^^^^,,
,,^~~**@¤¤ ## ,^~~~^, ## ¤¤@**~~^,,
,^~**@¤#@# ~~~~~~~~ # 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~~ #@*~^,,,,,
,^~***@@¤@ @¤@@***~^,
,^~**@¤@## ##@¤@**~^,
,,^~~*@@#@ @#@@*~~^,,
,,,,,,^*@¤ ¤@*^,,,,,,
,^^~~~**¤¤ ¤¤**~~~^^,