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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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£$*~~~.... makes   some   sentient  bird  or  other ....~~~*$£
##£#$*^~..    warm-blooded creature. lanky meat,    ..~^*$#£##
##£#$*^~.. incredible meat inside, mostly tendons.  ..~^*$#£##
##£#$*^~..           slithery but strong.           ..~^*$#£##
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£#$$$*^~.. the egg  has an  opening. the  egg has a ..~^*$$$#£
##£#$*^~.. belly  button.  looks   like  a   rubber ..~^*$#£##
#$*^~..... vortex, the crust gets soft and  becomes .....~^*$#
##*^^^^~..                 a hole.                  ..~^^^^*##
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##£#$*^~.. and   on   these   beaches   there's   a ..~^*$#£##
##$*^^~...     particular snake or lizard which     ...~^^*$##
##£#$*^~.. certainly  eats  insects  most   of  the ..~^*$#£##
£###$*^~.. time, but  it knows  a good belly button ..~^*$###£
####$*^~.. when it  sees  one,  and knows  to enter ..~^*$####
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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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##£#$*^~.. it's  a  grisly  sight  when  it  cracks ..~^*$#£##
#££#$*^~.. open,  the   reptile  taking  the  quick ..~^*$#££#
#*~~......  exit, emerging bloodied and victorious  ......~~*#
£$****^~..              and satisfied~~             ..~^****$£
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