.-~\^¤§¶## ##¶§¤^\~-.
....-~\¤§¶ ¶§¤\~-....
.-~\^¤§¶## ##¶§¤^\~-.
.-~\^¤§¶## ##¶§¤^\~-.
.-~\\\^§§# #§§^\\\~-.
.-\^¤§¶### ## .-~~~-. ## ###¶§¤^\-.
.-~\^¤§¶## ~~~~~~~~ # 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~~ ###¶¤^\~-.
.-~\^¤§### ###§¤^\~-.
.-~\^¤§¶## ##¶§¤^\~-.
.-~\^¤§§§# #§§§¤^\~-.
.-~\^¤§¶## ##¶§¤^\~-.
.....~^^§¶ ¶§^^~.....