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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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@§¨§&¨§.¨@ direction of sound rather than at my §..@£¤,.#¤
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#.@&,,&§#. my pockets. &&§¨§§#¤¨¨
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¤¨¨,¨¤,§¨£ radio (now dented) but also a small ¤£,¨££,,@£
&,,¨&£§£¤# clay figure i've never seen before. it ,¤.¤,&.#¨,
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£§.¤,.,@¤§ 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 #¤¤§.§¤,&¨
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&£¤¤&¨¤,¨@ throw it away. ..@.§§.¨§¨
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