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.£¨.§,@@§§ water, stone rings and floating moss. @£,£..£,¨¤
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£¨.&.@.&&. bitten. ,,¤£.£,#§,
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£.@¨@.¨.£, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,,§,.§.,§¨
§¤¤&§#¨,££ orange tin radio and a translucent §¨¤#¨##¨£¤
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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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&¤#£.§¨£¨& 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 #,,¨£¨#¨#¨
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,.&@£§¨¨&. and i must've picked it up with my ¤¤¤,¤¨¨.,¨
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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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