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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 ¨:=:%&@@##
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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. ¨¨¨:::%%&@
@@@@&%:=:¨ ¨:=:%&@@@@
@@&&&%:=:¨ 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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