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.¤¤,,@¤@§& forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨.,¨#§&¤£,
..¨¨..£§&§ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨&¤¨¨#£&.,
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£¤@&,,,.§& already soaked up all the sun. &&&§¤.,¨¨.
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.§¤@£§&..£ where the pine hands start to let ££¤@¤#,¨.¨
.¨&#&§..¨. through light, horsemint on the rocky §@¤§&¨¨§&¤
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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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§£¤§@#@£§¤ 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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@£¤§£#@&&¤ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying &@##&¤@¤£¤
££@&&@#&#§ 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 £§£@@§§¤£@
#@¤@¤##¤&@ 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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