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@,,£#¨¤#., forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¤,.,.,¨,.
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£¨£¤@.,.&, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤.¨¨,.¤..#
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£#£¨#@§&¤, bitten. §,,£¤§¨¨.§
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.,.#,§£#§¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ¨§,@#¨§¤£§
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@#&¨.¨£.@. to get up, still looking at the @§&.¨&@,@.
.¨#¨,§§§#& direction of sound rather than at my ,¨&.§¨§£¤#
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..@.§&#.., 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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.¨.#£¨.¨#. 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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