@$$=:~~~.. ..~~~:=$$@
##@#$=:~.. ..~:=$#@##
####$=:~.. ..~:=$####
##@#$=:~.. ..~:=$#@##
##@#$=:~.. ..~:=$#@##
##@#$=:~.. ## ..~~~.. ## ..~:=$#@##
@@$:~..... ~~~~~~~~ # EGG EATER # ~~~~~~~~ .....~:$@@
###$=~.... ## ..~~~.. ## ....~=$###
##$$==:~.. ..~:==$$##
@#=:::~... ...~:::=#@
##$=~..... ABSOLUTELY SPHERICAL EGG. FIND IT ON .....~=$##
#=::...... 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 .....~=###
@$::~..... A HOLE. .....~::$@
@#$$$=:~.. ..~:=$$$#@
####$=:~.. # ....~~~~~~~~.... # ..~:=$####
####$=:~.. ..~:=$####
##@#$=:~.. AND ON THESE BEACHES THERE'S A ..~:=$#@##
##@#$=:~.. PARTICULAR SNAKE OR LIZARD WHICH ..~:=$#@##
##$:::.... CERTAINLY EATS INSECTS MOST OF THE ....:::$##
@#$=::.... TIME, BUT IT KNOWS A GOOD BELLY BUTTON ....::=$#@
##==:~.... 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 ..~:====##
#@@#$=:~.. OPEN, THE REPTILE TAKING THE QUICK ..~:=$#@@#
@@#$=:~... EXIT, EMERGING BLOODIED AND VICTORIOUS ...~:=$#@@
##@#$=:~.. AND SATISFIED~~ ..~:=$#@##
##@#$=:~.. ..~:=$#@##
#==~...... ......~==#
@#$$==:~.. ..~:==$$#@
####$=:~.. ..~:=$####
##@#$=:~.. ..~:=$#@##