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&,&.&.#.#, already soaked up all the sun. ¤.¤.¨¤¨¤¨#
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£.¤.@¨§.&. to west, getting broader and deeper and §,§,¤£.§¨.
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@.@.@¨£,¤. water, stone rings and floating moss. £,¤¨£¤.£..
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§,#.£,@.¤. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #.¤.£@¨¤¨.
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#¨£,£,&¨@. through the ground just how large it is. &.&,£@,§..
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£¨§.£.§,¤. the soil is muddy. i slip when trying @.&,&&,#,.
¤,§¨@¨#,@¨ to get up, still looking at the #¨£¨.@.#¨&
&¨#¨§¨#.§¨ direction of sound rather than at my §.£.¤¤.§.¨
§.§,&.§.£, hands, who are busy putting things in ¤,#¨.@,&¨§
&.&,@.£¨&. my pockets. @,¤,&§¨£.¨
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&¨¤¨£¨#¨@¨ then i run east toward my home. ¤,£.¤¤¨¤..
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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 ¤,¤¨,£,#.§
#,#.&¨#.¤. other belongings. &.£.§&¨£,.
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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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