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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ««««««««   #   egg   eater  #   «««««««« ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              ## ¨^«««^¨ ##               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ absolutely  spherical  egg.  find  it on ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«
^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    large sandy beaches, upshore where    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^
%^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ dunes  meet  shadowy  pines.  teal  egg, ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^%
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#%%^«^¨¨¨¨ 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.                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^%
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«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨           # ¨¨¨^««««««««^¨¨¨ #           ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«
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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                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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