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§@§@¨¨@£#¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. .¨¨¨£&£§¨.
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£¤£¤@¤##§£ 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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@#@&§#£@¤@ 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 #££#@£@§£§
@##§§¤&¤&£ must have been laying in the wet dirt, §§§#@¤£&#¤
¤##£@¤@£&§ 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 §§¤§&@&§#§
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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 &§§#§@¤@#£
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