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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 £&&&#@¤¨£,
,#@,.¤#¤££ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤¨,.¨¨,@§#
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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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¨.§@¨£§.§¨ my pockets. ,@¤¨&¤,#&§
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£#££#§¤,#& clearing where you at first can spot #¨.§,,.£.,
#¨,....&¤, 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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&,,&¤¤@¨@& 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 &¨¤¨,,,.§¨
,@,#¨¤&.#§ throw it away. .#@#¨¨¨¨§#
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