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,&,£..#.&, water, stone rings and floating moss. ,&,#¨.@,.@
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,@¨§,.&.§, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨§¨#,,@,¨#
.£¨¤,¤§¨¤, 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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¨¤¨£..&.#, my pockets. ,§¨¤,.¤,¨@
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,£.&¨,£¨¤, the house, not yet really in the .£.§..@,.#
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¨¤¨¤¨,@¨&¨ radio (now dented) but also a small .¤,§.,§¨.¤
.#¨£,&£¨@. clay figure i've never seen before. it ,§,@.##.£#
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.§,£.£&.¤. and i must've picked it up with my ,¤.§,¤&.@£
,&¨&¨,¤,¤. other belongings. .£¨#.,#,,£
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¨&,#¨¨£.¤¨ 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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