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@¨&¨&§..§¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨..@££¨,¨¨
£#§¤#¨§,&¨ you could've found me wallowing around .,.@.¨¤¨¨.
@¨¨.,§£§£# on the southern shores until i got ¨..&@,§&¨¨
¤@.¨.¤¨,¨¨ bitten. ¨.¨§.@¤¨£.
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&§,£¤¤¨,¨§ 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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,¨##£¤@¤¨. 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 £§¤&£.@££&
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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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