$\~-...... ......-~\$
@$\~-..... .....-~\$@
@@$\~-.... ....-~\$@@
#@@$\~-... ...-~\$@@#
##@@$\~-.. ..-~\$@@##
###@@$\~-. ## .-~~~-. ## .-~\$@@###
##@@$\~-.. ~~~~~~~~ # egg eater # ~~~~~~~~ ..-~\$@@##
#@@$\~-... ## .-~~~-. ## ...-~\$@@#
@@$\~-.... ....-~\$@@
@$\~-..... .....-~\$@
$\~-...... 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~~ .....-~\$@
$\~-...... ......-~\$
\~-....... .......-~\
~-........ ........-~
-......... .........-
~-........ ........-~