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@.¤&£,¨¤,, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @£¨..#,.@¨
#&@..¤¨&£¨ orange tin radio and a translucent §,§.¨££¨¤§
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£.#¨&,&§&, through the ground just how large it is. ,#&¨,£§¨.&
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..£¤§#¨¤,¤ my pockets. .¤.,&§.¨¨.
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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, &¤¨#¨£¨£¤¨
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##¨¨@¨¤¨¤# other belongings. .&#¨...,¤¤
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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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