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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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