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§&.#.,£.&, already soaked up all the sun. @¨#.,@,#&¨
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§§.§..@,@. they had been a swampworld with sylvan &¨#,,#¨§&,
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££,#,,¤¨£¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ¤.&¨¨§.§¤¨
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&¤,#¨.#,@¨ to get up, still looking at the §.£¨,#.&£.
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£@,&.¨¤¨¤, backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my £.#.¨&.@&¨
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£#.§,¨#.@. clay figure i've never seen before. it &¨£¨.§¨@&¨
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§¤,&,,@,&¨ and i must've picked it up with my @,#¨.§,¤@,
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,@.£¨¤¤¨£¨ roughly seven centimeters long. it's @.£,§§¨.&¨
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£&¨§..£¨£. my mom is here now. i ask her for some ¤.§,¨@.§@¨
.¤.#,§£,&¨ particle board for it to dry on, but @.@¨££,.#.
¤#,@¨.@.@¨ she is worried and wants me to @,§.,@.##¨
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