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,&¨&,&¨¤¨# already soaked up all the sun. .§¨£¨#,¤,¤
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,@.#¨#.&., water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¤.§,@.£.¤
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,§¨&.¤.§¨. on the southern shores until i got ¨&.#,@.§¨#
.@¨£.#.§.& bitten. ,£.@,¤.£.¤
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.@,&.£¨#,¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨&¨£.§,&¨#
,§¨§,¤¨&.@ orange tin radio and a translucent ¨£.#.&,@.¤
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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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,&.£.§.¤.¤ clearing where you at first can spot ,@.§,&¨¤¨¤
,§.@.&,¤,¨ 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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,@.£¨#,§., it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨§.&,§.#¨¤
,#.&¨¤.§.& 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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