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¨&,#,¤,¤£¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. &,@,@.@#¨&
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,§¨£¨§,@@. 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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.§,¤¨@,¨#. 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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.§.¤¨£¨.&¨ 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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