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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 ,.¨.¨¨¨,,.
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&###&¤#.¨£ my pockets. #@@¤§¤¤&§#
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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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#¤.....¨&@ 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 #¤¨.¨¨,,.,
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