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£..§@@¨&@@ through the ground just how large it is. ¤@#@,.¨£§.
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,,#£§¤§¤#¤ to get up, still looking at the ¨¤¨&@..£.¤
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##..¨¨,,¤¤ hands, who are busy putting things in .¨£&#£,,,§
.§.,..¨¤,& my pockets. ¨¤.¨¨&,,&¨
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,¨@¨£@.§&, radio (now dented) but also a small @,¨..&£££#
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£¨.#&,§§@£ 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 #,¨¨#¨§.¤#
.¤£.£,.§,@ throw it away. £¨,§@££§.£
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