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.¤§§#.#§¨# water, stone rings and floating moss. @,&§@.#¨,@
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£¨.&.@@,¨§ on the southern shores until i got ¨¤¨@¨.&£.,
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@¤@&¨.&¨£& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨££..¨.§.#
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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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&&.,@¤&... the house, not yet really in the #¤.,¨,£..,
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££&§.££¨¨¨ radio (now dented) but also a small ££.,§,#¨&£
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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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