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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. ,.........
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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. &%==,.....
....,==%&& &&%==,....
...,==%& 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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....,==%&& &&%==,....
.....,==%& &%==,.....
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