&,,&,&,&,,                                          &,,,,&&,&,
&,&&&&&&,,                                          &,,,&,&&&&
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&&,,,&,&,&                                          &&&,&&,,&&
,&,,&&&&&&              ## ,~---~, ##               ,,&&,&,&,,
&&,&,,,,,& --------   #   egg  eater   #   -------- ,&,&&&&&,,
,&&&,,,,&&              ## ,~---~, ##               &&&,,,,&,&
&,,&,,,&,&                                          ,,&,,,&&&&
&,&&,,&&&&                                          ,&&,,&,,,,
&&,&,&,,,, 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.                  ,&,,&&&,&&
&&,,&&&&,&                                          &&,&,,&&,&
,&,&,,,&&,           # ,,,~--------~,,, #           ,&&&,&,&&,
&&&&,,&,&&                                          &,,&&&&,&,
,,,&,&&&,, 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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