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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. ...-~***@#
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###@***~-. # ...-~~~~~~~~-... # .-~***@###
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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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