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£,£,£.§§£¨ already soaked up all the sun. .&£.£#,§¨¨
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.,,¨&&§¨,¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ,#¤¨§,@.¤.
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,#,@£.&,#§ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨&...,.@¤.
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,¤§,¨#¨¤¨& water, stone rings and floating moss. .#,¨££,£..
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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 ..@#,,£###
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,@¨@&&¨#&. 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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##&,¤£,§#§ the house, not yet really in the ¨¨¨¨§£¨¨¨¨
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.&,@£,@.,& 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, ¨@,¤£,.§#¤
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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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