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£,#.¤,¨@¨# they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨@,.§¨§,§.
@.#¨£¨§§¨# water, stone rings and floating moss. .@¨#@,#,¤¨
£,@¨£,.£,@ you could've found me wallowing around ¨¤,,£.&,£.
&¨¤,@.£&¨£ on the southern shores until i got ,§,@£.@,£.
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#¨@.@.¨&¨£ but now i'm further back, on solid ¨@¨¨§¨&¨@¨
£,£,§,¤£¨§ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,&¨#@.&,¤¨
§,@,@¨.#,& orange tin radio and a translucent .£¨.§¨&.£.
¤¨£¨#¨££¨# umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,#¨#@¨@¨£.
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§.&.§¨¨§¨@ to get up, still looking at the ¨£.¨£.#,@.
@,#.§,@¤,@ direction of sound rather than at my ¨#.£&,¤¨#.
£,@.¤,,¤.# hands, who are busy putting things in ,@,.£¨£,@,
#.&¨&.¤@¨@ my pockets. ,#.&@.@¨£¨
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&,¤.¤,¤&.£ then i run east toward my home. ¨£.#&,£¨£,
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¤,@.£¨@§¨£ 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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&.§.§,,@¨¤ on her stomach, feet in the air, ,¤,¨§.§¨&,
£.£,@,@¤,¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨&.&¤¨§.£¨
¤,£.¤¨.§,@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. .&..§,@,&.
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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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