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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.                  #&$^/«....
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......«/^$           # ....««««««««.... #           $^/«......
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........«/ and   on   these   beaches   there's   a /«........
.........«     particular snake or lizard which     «.........
.......... certainly  eats  insects   most  of  the ..........
.........« time, but it  knows a good  belly button «.........
........«/ when it  sees  one, and knows  to  enter /«........
.......«/^                 the egg                  ^/«.......
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.....«/^$& 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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