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#¨,§,,¤¤¨, pine arcades that were planted and ,§¤§¨#£¤¨.
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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 ¨¨¨#..,@@.
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#..,#£..¤¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel &@§&££..#.
&§¨¨¤.#¨#& 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 £#¨¨&¨#,£¤
§£¨,@@.#¨& hands, who are busy putting things in ,,@.§#¤&#¨
#.§.¤¨£##£ 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, &.&@£@@.¤£
#@,.¨¨¨@@¨ and i must've picked it up with my £¤@..,,§¤,
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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 §#,,¨&#.¤¨
..,@£@.#@# throw it away. §,@.¨&¨#£&
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