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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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#£&**:--.. WARM-BLOODED CREATURE. LANKY MEAT, ..--:**&£#
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#£&**:--.. SLITHERY BUT STRONG. ..--:**&£#
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&**:--.... 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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--........ OPEN, THE REPTILE TAKING THE QUICK ........--
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