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.,¤@&§§¤£§ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨.¤&#@&£§&
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,#£,,§§§¤, to get up, still looking at the ¨£&.¨.,¤@¨
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&¤&#¨.#¤&& my pockets. ,.,,¤@,.¤@
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#&&§§§¤&¤¤ 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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@§¤§¤£@£&@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's &¤&#&£§¤&@
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£@&&£@@&#¤ particle board for it to dry on, but @¤£&§#£££@
¤§¤§£#£#@§ she is worried and wants me to §§§&§@£¤§#
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