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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 #¨¤,.¤,¨.,
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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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£&,.@&¨#.§ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,£¤...§¨,,
.§.#¨§&£#, radio (now dented) but also a small ¤.¤¨.§§¨,&
§@#¤£.¨.£. 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 ,@,#¤,,@#.
§,§.¤¨.¤## throw it away. &¤§,&,@,§.
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