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&§&¨¨#.¤¤¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¨#&&...,.
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,£,¤&,.,£# water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤¨,.&£#¨..
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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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,¨¨.,¨¨£¤& hands, who are busy putting things in ¨,¨¤.,.§,¨
.¨¨..,¨#.# my pockets. ,¨,.£,.¨@.
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..#¨,,¤,,, the house, not yet really in the £,¨£.,#..,
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.,¨¨§.¨,£. radio (now dented) but also a small ¨¤§,.@,.£.
,¨,..£.¨.# clay figure i've never seen before. it ¨@@#.,&,.#
§.¨,.,@,.. must have been laying in the wet dirt, .£.££,¨&,.
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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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