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##&&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&&##
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&$%^^^^,,,                                          ,,,^^^^%$&
#@#&$%^«^,              ## ,^«««^, ##               ,^«^%$&#@#
#@#&$%^«^, ««««««««   #   egg   eater  #   «««««««« ,^«^%$&#@#
##@#$%^«^,               ## ,^«««^, ##              ,^«^%$#@##
@##&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&##@
@@#&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&#@@
@##&$%^«^, absolutely  spherical  egg.  find  it on ,^«^%$&##@
@#$%«^^,,,    large sandy beaches, upshore where    ,,,^^«%$#@
#@#&$%^«^, dunes  meet  shadowy  pines.  teal  egg, ,^«^%$&#@#
&%%%%«««^,                                          ,^«««%%%%&
##$^««,,,, makes   some  sentient  bird   or  other ,,,,««^$##
&$%%^^,,,,    warm-blooded creature. lanky meat,    ,,,,^^%%$&
#@#&$%^«^, incredible meat inside, mostly tendons.  ,^«^%$&#@#
##&&$%^«^,           slithery but strong.           ,^«^%$&&##
#$^^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^^$#
#$$%^^^,,, the egg has  an opening. the  egg  has a ,,,^^^%$$#
&%««^,,,,, 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 ,,,^«%%&&&
#$%«,,,,,,                  the egg                 ,,,,,,«%$#
&%^^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^^%&
#@#&$%^«^, it  will  crawl  into  the teal  sphere, ,^«^%$&#@#
#@#&$%^«^, disappear completely and  eat it all up, ,^«^%$&#@#
#@#&$%^«^, ruining  the  integrity   of  the   egg. ,^«^%$&#@#
#$%%^««^,,        destroying the inhabitant.        ,,^««^%%$#
#@#&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&#@#
#@#&$%^«^, it's  a  grisly  sight  when  it  cracks ,^«^%$&#@#
&$%%«,,,,, open,  the  reptile  taking  the   quick ,,,,,«%%$&
#$$$^^«,,,  exit, emerging bloodied and victorious  ,,,«^^$$$#
##$%««,,,,              and satisfied~~             ,,,,««%$##
#@#&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&#@#
@##&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&##@
#@#&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&#@#
#@#&$%^«^,                                          ,^«^%$&#@#
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