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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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£¤@,,,,&.@ 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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.,.,¤,§¤#¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel £.,@¤¨.,¨§
,,,@@@..¤£ 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 ¨¨#,.¤,,@.
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&¨,§¤¨,,#. my pockets. £¨¤¤¨@£¨.£
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@@&§¤,£¨¨, then i run east toward my home. ¨#¤¨@§&#£#
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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 ¨§@£§#,§#£
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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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¨@.,.#@¨#@ particle board for it to dry on, but §#¨,&@,.¤.
@§¨¨#,¤@.¨ she is worried and wants me to .&.§¨#,#¤,
,£¨@§¤¨§.# throw it away. ##@§£§¤,&£
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