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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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