¨¨¨¨,~\**¤ ¤**\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~\** **\~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~\* *\~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~\** **\~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~\**¤ ¤**\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~\**¤# ## ¨,~~~,¨ ## #¤**\~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~\**¤## ~~~~~~~~ # 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. *\~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~\** **\~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~\**¤ # ¨¨¨,~~~~~~~~,¨¨¨ # ¤**\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~\**¤# #¤**\~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~\**¤## 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~~ **\~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~\* *\~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~\** **\~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~\**¤ ¤**\~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~\**¤# #¤**\~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~\**¤## ##¤**\~,¨¨