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##@@$^*-~. -------- # EGG EATER # -------- .~-*^$@@##
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##@@$^*-~. ABSOLUTELY SPHERICAL EGG. FIND IT ON .~-*^$@@##
#@@$^*-~.. LARGE SANDY BEACHES, UPSHORE WHERE ..~-*^$@@#
##@@$^*-~. DUNES MEET SHADOWY PINES. TEAL EGG, .~-*^$@@##
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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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##@@$^*-~. AND ON THESE BEACHES THERE'S A .~-*^$@@##
#@@$^*-~.. PARTICULAR SNAKE OR LIZARD WHICH ..~-*^$@@#
##@@$^*-~. CERTAINLY EATS INSECTS MOST OF THE .~-*^$@@##
#@@$^*-~.. TIME, BUT IT KNOWS A GOOD BELLY BUTTON ..~-*^$@@#
##@@$^*-~. WHEN IT SEES ONE, AND KNOWS TO ENTER .~-*^$@@##
#@@$^*-~.. THE EGG ..~-*^$@@#
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#@@$^*-~.. IT WILL CRAWL INTO THE TEAL SPHERE, ..~-*^$@@#
##@@$^*-~. DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND EAT IT ALL UP, .~-*^$@@##
#@@$^*-~.. RUINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE EGG. ..~-*^$@@#
##@@$^*-~. DESTROYING THE INHABITANT. .~-*^$@@##
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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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