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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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..&.&&.&.& 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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