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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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&,¨,¤¨¨@@¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,¨§#¨£¨.£.
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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 £@@&¨&¨.¨,
@.§¤&£#£@, 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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