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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 &.¨,@@,.,¨
.,&#,..¨&# umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,¨&.,,¨&&@
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&§§#¤,,¤,. invisible to my eyes but i can feel §¤,.,.@,,§
§@£@.¨..,, through the ground just how large it is. £,¨#§,,..¨
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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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¤..§§,,.,¨ 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 ...,£¨,@#¨
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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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