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#¨£¨£.£¨£¨ already soaked up all the sun. ¨#£¨§¨¤,&,
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&.¤.£.@,£, to west, getting broader and deeper and ,.@¨#,§.#.
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&.#.#,@,&. where the pine hands start to let .,£¨@.#¨§.
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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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¤¨#,£¨#.#, 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 ¨,@¨&¨¤,£,
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¤¨§,&¨§.§¨ my pockets. ¨¨¤¨&,#.¤,
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¤¨@,#.#,@, backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,££,£,#,&¨
§,£,@.#.@¨ radio (now dented) but also a small ¨,&¨£¨£.£.
&,§,&.#.¤, clay figure i've never seen before. it ,#£¨£,£¨#.
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&¨£.@.¤¨#. and i must've picked it up with my ¨¤@.@.¤,§,
&.#,@¨&,&. other belongings. .,#,#¨§¨#,
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¤.£.§¨@.#. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ,,§¨@¨¤.&,
#.§.£¨&,&. 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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