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§,§¨,#.&¤, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨#¨@&¨&¨#.
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#.£¨,#.&£, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .¤,@§,&,¤¨
#,£¨@@¨.&. orange tin radio and a translucent .£¨¨£.@,¤,
@,#..#.&#, umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨£¨§&¨¤,&.
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¤.&¨,£¨§£, through the ground just how large it is. .£¨@@,¤¨#.
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§,£,&§,¨§¨ to get up, still looking at the .§.¨@,@.¤¨
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#.@.£§,¨§. hands, who are busy putting things in ¨#¨¨£¨¤,¤,
#,@¨,¤,£¤¨ my pockets. ,#,§¤¨¤.@,
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#¨§.,#,§£. then i run east toward my home. .£.§@.#.£,
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&¨&,@&,¨£. clearing where you at first can spot .&.,§,¤,§.
¤,&.,£¨#¤¨ the house, not yet really in the .¤,&&¨#,§¨
£,§.&£,¨@. backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¨&,,£¨£.£¨
&.#.,£.#£¨ radio (now dented) but also a small ,&,§&¨¤¨#¨
#.§¨#¤,,&, clay figure i've never seen before. it .¤.¨¤.#.#¨
&.&,¨¤.&&, must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¨&¨££¨&¨§¨
#.#.@&..@¨ and i must've picked it up with my .£¨,&.¤.&,
@¨@.,§¨@#, other belongings. ,¤,&£.#.§¨
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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 .¤,.§¨§.@¨
£,£,.#,§&, throw it away. ¨¤.¤&¨@¨£.
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