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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.           ..§.§.§§.§
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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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