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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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