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&#¨@¤.£¤,@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @¨¤..¤¨#§¨
§,&¤¨§£¨@¤ orange tin radio and a translucent #&@@.§@§¨£
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&£.¨#.&&,, my pockets. ¨,#¨#.#£¨¨
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,£.#¨¤¨.,, backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,#§.@¨@&§¨
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#&.¨,,,¤¨¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it ..¤§..,¤.&
,,#.¨.,@&, must have been laying in the wet dirt, @,¤.§,.@¤£
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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 .§¨££&@,§¨
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