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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. ......~~^*
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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 .......~~^
*^~~...... ......~~^*
%*^~~..... 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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