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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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¨&.¤¨#¨¤¨£ to get up, still looking at the @¨¤,#.§,##
,@.&¨¤,¤.& direction of sound rather than at my @¨£,#,@¨,¤
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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 &¨£,&¨@¨§§
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,#.@.&,&,@ on her stomach, feet in the air, @¨¤¨&¨¤¨£§
¨@¨#,£¨#¨¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's &,#.¤¨¤¨,§
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¨&.@.¤.&.@ particle board for it to dry on, but @¨#.&.¤¨.¤
,§,§.&.£,¤ she is worried and wants me to @.§.@,#.£#
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