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£¨¤§,#&¤§, where the pine hands start to let ,¨¤,,§&,,.
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@§,.§¨&¨.¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨#¨,,&.¤£#
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..#¨.¤,¨@@ on the southern shores until i got &,¨&¤£¤,##
£¨§£,@#¨¤¨ bitten. ¨&.@,¨,£§.
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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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.§£.@,¨¨&. the soil is muddy. i slip when trying &§..,#¨.§&
&&.¤§@.¨£@ 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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##.&,###§, 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 §&##¤.¤&&¨
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#.##.#,¨¨£ 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 #§¨.§¤¨§@,
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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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