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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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.:~**¤§¤#¶ my pockets. ¶#¤§¤**~:.
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.~~:^%@@## the house, not yet really in the ##@@%^:~~.
.,«†§%¤$§¶ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¶§$¤%§†«,.
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..¨¨,-*=%¶ clay figure i've never seen before. it ¶%=*-,¨¨..
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,¨.,~/%*¤£ my mom is here now. i ask her for some £¤*%/~,.¨,
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