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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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&,,§£££..@ orange tin radio and a translucent ¨£¨¤@@@§@,
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¨,,££..,§¤ to get up, still looking at the &&.#££¤.¤§
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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 ¤.@¤.§¤§£§
.,¤@..£¨§¤ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ##@,&§,.¨.
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#£&@&#,§#. 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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