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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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##¶#&*;~,. PARTICULAR SNAKE OR LIZARD WHICH .,~;*&#¶##
¶#*;~,,,,. CERTAINLY EATS INSECTS MOST OF THE .,,,,~;*#¶
##¶#&*;~,. TIME, BUT IT KNOWS A GOOD BELLY BUTTON .,~;*&#¶##
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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 .....,~**#
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