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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 .¨¨¤...#,,
,,§@.£@.¨. 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 ¨¨#¨&¨¤¤¤§
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.£¨£&§..¨& and i must've picked it up with my @,&§@,¨@,#
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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 .@.¨¤.£,,.
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