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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.        ...:=^%%##
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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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