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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, ###¤%*:«,.
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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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