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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 ¨,@¨.¤,.§£
£#@,.#£#,# orange tin radio and a translucent .@&,&#¨¤¨,
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.,§@.&.@¨@ direction of sound rather than at my ,,,,@,.¤£#
,¤,#@#@#§£ hands, who are busy putting things in ...£#,¤,¨£
¤££¨.¨..¨§ my pockets. ..£¨&£§,£§
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¤,.¨,¨.,,. 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 #&¨,£..&.,
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£#,£.&.£¨. 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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