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.¨#§,£,#,£ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨,£§§@&¤¤&
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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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.£,£,¨#&£. 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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.¨.,&&¨@,. clearing where you at first can spot ,,&.,¤¤@@£
,¨,§.£#@.¨ 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, £¤@¨¤¤¨¨,¨
£.§¨§,§¤¤@ 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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