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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 &..&..&..&
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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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&....&..&. OPEN, THE REPTILE TAKING THE QUICK &.&&..&...
.&....&..& EXIT, EMERGING BLOODIED AND VICTORIOUS ..&&&..&..
..&....&.. AND SATISFIED~~ ..&.&&..&.
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