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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 £.£,,@§¨@§
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,.&,&@¨&&, the house, not yet really in the ,§,¨,@¤,..
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¨¨@.,£&,&§ radio (now dented) but also a small &¤¨£¨#@£@¨
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¤£.,¨&¨.¤¨ 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 ¤¨#¨£,,§¤.
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