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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. $*^~,.....
......,~^*           SLITHERY BUT STRONG.           *^~,......
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........,~ THE EGG HAS  AN  OPENING. THE  EGG HAS A ~,........
........., BELLY  BUTTON.   LOOKS   LIKE  A  RUBBER ,.........
.......... VORTEX, THE  CRUST GETS SOFT AND BECOMES ..........
..........                  A HOLE.                 ..........
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.......... AND   ON   THESE   BEACHES   THERE'S   A ..........
..........     PARTICULAR SNAKE OR LIZARD WHICH     ..........
.......... CERTAINLY  EATS  INSECTS  MOST   OF  THE ..........
.......... TIME, BUT IT  KNOWS A GOOD BELLY  BUTTON ..........
........., WHEN  IT  SEES ONE, AND KNOWS  TO  ENTER ,.........
........,~                 THE EGG                  ~,........
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......,~^* IT  WILL  CRAWL  INTO  THE  TEAL SPHERE, *^~,......
.....,~^*$ 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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