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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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##@£$^~.,,           # ,,,.~~~~~~~~.,,, #           ,,.~^$£@##
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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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