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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.           §§*^~~-¨¨¨
¨-~^*%%%%#                                          #%%%%*^~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨-^*§§ 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                  ###§%*^~-¨
¨-~^*%§§##                                          ##§§%*^~-¨
¨¨¨-^^*%## 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~~              #§§*~-¨¨¨¨
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