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,^«\$$§§§§ 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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,^«\$$§¶##           # ,,,^««««««««^,,, #           ##¶§$$\«^,
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,,,,««\$§# and   on   these   beaches   there's   a #§$\««,,,,
,^«\$$§¶##     particular snake or lizard which     ##¶§$$\«^,
,^«\$$§¶## 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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