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#£¤£§,§§., forgotten. wild boars roaming ,,@§.,,#&&
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,@&.,#.¤#¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and #££¨#,#¨.#
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&&¤¨,,,,¨¨ on the southern shores until i got ¨,¨¨§,&£§,
£¨¨#,¨..¨, bitten. .¨¨.§#¤¨.£
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.¨.¨¤,.&,¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ££#£@@@.#,
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@,#..,#..¨ through the ground just how large it is. &.&§§.¤&§.
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§¨,.&##£§£ to get up, still looking at the #¨&¤&&@&@¤
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,¤@¨§&,¨,¨ 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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