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§§£@#¤£§§¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. §@#¨.¤#,¨@
&#@£@&¤¤,. you could've found me wallowing around &#¨¨,¨,¨¨,
.¤&@#@@¨¨§ on the southern shores until i got #¨¨@¤#§@§,
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§££&¤@&&£& orange tin radio and a translucent ¤¤§&#§£&&#
¤&§#§&#£#§ umbrella which i'm sitting on. @£&£#&¤&&§
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#@§@£¤@§#& invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤£&£@&#£@&
&##¤#§@¤#¤ 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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¤£@¤@§#£#§ 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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¤¤§¤££¤¤@¤ 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 §¤¤§&@&&@¤
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