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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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.:~/%£&### 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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