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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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,¨£#.¨¨,., through light, horsemint on the rocky §¤#£§&¤#£§
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.§¤£¤,,¨.. water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨,¨¨,¨,¤&¨
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#¨¨,¨.¨£#§ on the southern shores until i got £&§&@¨¨##&
.¨£¤§£..#¤ bitten. @§&@,..¨££
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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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##,¨&§£§¤¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel #§£§,,@§¤&
£,,¨,#&£,, 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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££§§@#§@@@ 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 &§£@££§&#@
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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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