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,£.£¤@££&, they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,&£@¨&,§¨.
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.§,.#,¨¨¨§ you could've found me wallowing around ¨¤@¨@¨¨.,@
#¤&¨¤¤.,,£ 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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&£¨#,#,,¨@ 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 §.#¨@,#,£.
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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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