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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.           .........,
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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.                 ....,~/*%#
##%*/~,...                                          ...,~/*%##
###%*/~,..           # ...,~~~~~~~~,... #           ..,~/*%###
####%*/~,.                                          .,~/*%####
###%*/~,.. 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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#%*/~,....                                          ....,~/*%#
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