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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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¨&¨&£,#¨&, but now i'm further back, on solid ¤,#&¨£¨&,&
,§¨,@¨&¨@, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #¨.§¨¤¨&.#
,¤¨#¤,&¨@. 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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.¤.¨#¨£.@, then i run east toward my home. £..¤,§.#¨§
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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 #.¤£.@,¤,#
,§,.&¨¤.&¨ 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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