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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. ..~=:**¶##
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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 ..~=:**¶##
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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. .....~=:**
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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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