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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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