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.,=/*&§@## pine arcades that were planted and ##@§&*/=,.
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.^=^$£@§¶@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @¶§@£$^=^.
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,-«=*†£&@& already soaked up all the sun. &@&£†*=«-,
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.^«%%#@### through light, horsemint on the rocky ###@#%%«^.
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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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¨:»;:;**#@ through the ground just how large it is. @#**;:;»:¨
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,^-\%¤#@## to get up, still looking at the ##@#¤%\-^,
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,-~*†*@@## 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, ##£&@†/=..
.¨¨..:~=$£ and i must've picked it up with my £$=~:..¨¨.
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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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