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§¤#,¨¤###. water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨&¤£¨.@£&@
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..,,¨¨.¨,¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .¨,.¨¨,.,.
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§#@&&¤¤@@@ invisible to my eyes but i can feel §&£#§£&£¤£
#£@###¤¤£# through the ground just how large it is. §£&#¤§&#£&
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@§#@£¤#@§£ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying £###&@§#£#
&£¤&£@&¤&¤ 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 §£¤¤§¤@§@£
&¤@@#£¤@§§ radio (now dented) but also a small £&§¤§¤#¤§£
§¤£&¤¤¤¤££ clay figure i've never seen before. it @&§@&§@&#£
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#¤¤&¤¤£&@£ 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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