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.¨..,@¨¨£¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨#@@¨¨¨¨.#
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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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¤@#,@,##¤§ to get up, still looking at the .,§¤,&¨.¨&
,¨¤##&¨¨., direction of sound rather than at my ,@¨#&£¨.£.
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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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