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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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¨,«=$$&¶## slithery but strong. ##¶&$$=«,¨
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¨,«=$$&¶## belly button. looks like a rubber ##¶&$$=«,¨
¨,«=$$&¶## vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ##¶&$$=«,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨«$&&¶ particular snake or lizard which ¶&&$«¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,«=$$&¶## time, but it knows a good belly button ##¶&$$=«,¨
¨,«=$$&¶## when it sees one, and knows to enter ##¶&$$=«,¨
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¨,«=$$&¶## it will crawl into the teal sphere, ##¶&$$=«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«$& disappear completely and eat it all up, &$«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«=$$&¶## ruining the integrity of the egg. ##¶&$$=«,¨
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¨,«=$$&¶## it's a grisly sight when it cracks ##¶&$$=«,¨
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