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.@,.¨..#.& to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨§.##,@.¤§
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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 ££,.£¤£,£&
£.,¨@,§,¨, umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨¨£¨¤..¤£,
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£,.#,¨#@## invisible to my eyes but i can feel ..¨.¤§@.&¨
#§¨&&.¤.¨. 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 .&&¨¨,.@¨&
.£¤@.§.¨,£ 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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#.#..@¨.,, and i must've picked it up with my &,¨..,,¨§¨
#£§£.#£.,¨ 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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