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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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,@.,..¨.¨§ hands, who are busy putting things in ,#,¤&,¨,&,
¤£,¨¨,,.&, my pockets. §££.@¨,@§.
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¤#¨##¨¨£.§ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¤£§¨#¨@.¤¨
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§.@¤#¤¨,£¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it ,#.,¨,¨¨¨¤
#@¨..&.@@. must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¤£¨¨,.¨.£.
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@¨§.,,¨,,. on her stomach, feet in the air, ¨@¨@@¤..§@
#§§..¨,¨.& roughly seven centimeters long. it's §£§,¨§.§¨,
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£¤¤..¤#¨§. particle board for it to dry on, but &.§#,¤#,§¨
.¨§,£,£&@@ she is worried and wants me to £#.§£,£#£§
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