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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 ##@£$$\~,.
..,~\$$£@# the egg #@£$$\~,..
...,~\$$£@ @£$$\~,...
....,~\$$£ it will crawl into the teal sphere, £$$\~,....
.....,~\$$ 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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