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§¨,#&@¨¨,. already soaked up all the sun. ..#@¨¨¨¤£¤
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@¤¤¨,.¨..& they had been a swampworld with sylvan .,..,¨.,@£
#¤.,£&¤&,. water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤@#&§@¤¨¨&
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¨,@£¨,..&£ on the southern shores until i got ¨.&@§..£§¨
@,¨..¤#,.£ bitten. @.¨§,,¨¨¨,
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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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#&£.¨,,.¨, 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 @§@###¤¤§#
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