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¨.~»^£§### water, stone rings and floating moss. ###§£^»~.¨
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,,,,»=£¤@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@¤£=»,,,,
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.¨^=%$&£@# radio (now dented) but also a small #@£&$%=^¨.
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