.,~/§%&###                                          ###&%§/~,.
.,~/§&####                                          ####&§/~,.
.,~//§%%%&                                          &%%%§//~,.
.,~/§%&###                                          ###&%§/~,.
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.,~/§%&###               ## .,~~~,. ##              ###&%§/~,.
.,,~~~§%%# ~~~~~~~~   #   egg  eater   #   ~~~~~~~~ #%%§~~~,,.
....~/§%&#               ## .,~~~,. ##              #&%§/~....
.,,~~~§&&&                                          &&&§~~~,,.
.,~/§%&###                                          ###&%§/~,.
.,,~~§%%&# 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.           ##%/,.....
...,//%%%&                                          &%%%//,...
.....,/%## the egg  has  an opening. the  egg has a ##%/,.....
.,~/§%&### belly   button.  looks  like   a  rubber ###&%§/~,.
.,~/§%&### vortex, the crust  gets soft and becomes ###&%§/~,.
...,~//%&#                  a hole.                 #&%//~,...
....,/§&##                                          ##&§/,....
.,~/§%&###           # ...,~~~~~~~~,... #           ###&%§/~,.
.,~/%&####                                          ####&%/~,.
.,~/§%&### 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.        ###&%§/~,.
.,~/§%&###                                          ###&%§/~,.
.....,~/%& 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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