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£¨,,¨&¤@£@ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,£&#£,..¨&
.¨#¤,,@§&# water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨,¤&,¨¤#..
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§,.§&.¨.., bitten. .££&@&#,¨@
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£§#¨,£@&§, 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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¤&@@&£¤§§¤ to get up, still looking at the ¨£¤@¤&&@£#
@&£££@#£&£ direction of sound rather than at my ¨,@¤§@&@&£
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#§¤#¤@¤££# my pockets. £#¨¨§£¤££&
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,@#§¤¨¨¨,¤ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,..¨,@@,,.
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¨.¨¨,,¨,.. 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 .,,.£§££@#
.#§¤¤,.§#. 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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