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@,,,£&§¤.. water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨,§§&#¤.¨#
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&¨#&¨.@#¨# on the southern shores until i got £&¨¨.§¤§£#
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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 ¨.&&§.£§,£
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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 .§@.£,....
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¤¨.,..,§¨@ 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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