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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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¨.,,¨,§£¤# on the southern shores until i got §§#&¨.§@£&
.#§@&¨.§#¨ bitten. ,§@,,¨¨#£,
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¤,,¨¨@££§, but now i'm further back, on solid #&£,.¨¨@##
.¨@§,¨££,¨ 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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§@&§§£@¤£& the soil is muddy. i slip when trying #££££&§§&¤
@@¤§§§¤@@¤ 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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#¤§@#£#£## then i run east toward my home. &&§£#¤¤§@@
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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 #&¤¤#¤£&@§
@£#§@§££## 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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