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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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.£¨..¨,&@& backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¤,,¨,@.&£.
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£,,¤.¨.¨.@ clay figure i've never seen before. it .&#¨.¨.#¨¤
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.¨,¨.#&§,¨ 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 ,..¨§¨@&¨,
,£.£&¨,,,§ she is worried and wants me to ,.,¨.¨&£¤,
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