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.,#,@.#§,@ forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨,¤##,.¤§
£,@£¤#£,@¤ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤£,#¨,#¨¤.
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£¤&¤,@¨.¨£ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨#.¨#¤§.,£
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§¨¨¨@..&¨¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. §,£&¨¤.¨¨¨
£@,¨@@¨§§¨ you could've found me wallowing around ¤§¤,¤¤¤,,,
@,#¨¤.#£¨@ 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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#¨.¨.,##.. 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 #,@¨#&.¨¨&
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&£§¤£&,#@£ my pockets. @.¨¨.£¤&.§
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#.,¨,.§¨&, then i run east toward my home. ¨¨§¨¨¤£.£¨
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¨.¨@¨,,¨,¨ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¤¨¨¤,¨&@.¨
¨,¨££..¨¨¨ radio (now dented) but also a small ¤¤¨§#¨£,&¨
...&,@¨¨,. clay figure i've never seen before. it £,§¤.&#@§£
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#&¨¤.,¨#,, and i must've picked it up with my ..,@¤.£¨¨.
#,§##.¨@¤¨ other belongings. ,,,§,¤#§,.
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¨¤&&.¨@,¨¨ 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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