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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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@%†*~:.... BELLY BUTTON. LOOKS LIKE A RUBBER ....:~*†%@
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%†*~:..... 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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