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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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