%*;~~..... .....~~;*%
#%*;~~.... ....~~;*%#
##%*;~~... ...~~;*%##
###%*;~~.. ..~~;*%###
####%*;~~. .~~;*%####
###%*;~~.. ## .~~~~~. ## ..~~;*%###
##%*;~~... ~~~~~~~~ # 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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