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£&,¨,@#¤¨§ water, stone rings and floating moss. &¨.,.¤¨,,&
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&¨£§.@§,¤. on the southern shores until i got .,@¨¨£.¤¨@
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£##,£§¨§&§ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .@£¨,&£§¨.
@¨¨@§.£#., orange tin radio and a translucent &#,@¨¤,¨£¨
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&¨¤§¤,@§#@ to get up, still looking at the ¨.,@,,#,§,
&&£¨.##¨,¨ direction of sound rather than at my ¨,¨§@¨£§&@
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...££££#¤. my pockets. ¨¤¨¤&&.¤¨,
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&£.¤§¤§¨,& backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,££,.¨&.£#
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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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&.@.£,¨,§¨ particle board for it to dry on, but §&...,§¤#¨
&§@@§@¨¨¤@ she is worried and wants me to .,£..,¤.¨§
,¨,¨,,£¨&¨ throw it away. @.§§¨.#¤,¤
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