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.#,.£,¤..@ pine arcades that were planted and £¨&..@¨#,¤
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,£.¨£¨@¨.& orange tin radio and a translucent #¨§,.@¨§,¤
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¨@¨&@.&¨£& through the ground just how large it is. £.¤.&¤,#.§
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,&.,£¨@¨,& to get up, still looking at the &¨§.,£,&¨@
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.£¨¨£¨#¨¨£ hands, who are busy putting things in #¨£,¨£.@.£
,¤.&¤¨§,£& my pockets. &,#¨&@,¤.£
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,&,¤@,@,£@ then i run east toward my home. &¨£,#¤,#.£
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¨&.,¤.#,.£ clearing where you at first can spot ¤,#..¤.&.£
,@,#§¨£.#@ the house, not yet really in the #¨¤¨#§,&.¤
,§¨.&,#¨,§ 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, ¤,¤.#@¨§¨§
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.#,&#,£¨¤# other belongings. &,§.£#,£.#
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.£¨.&¨£.¨& on her stomach, feet in the air, #.@¨¨£.£¨@
¨@¨@¤¨@¨£§ 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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