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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, ¨¨¨:«*^%##
#%^*«:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:«*^%#
%^*«:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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