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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. #@¤&=%;~^¨
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.¨,¨¨~^†#@ on the southern shores until i got @#†^~¨¨,¨.
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,..¨:»;=@¶ but now i'm further back, on solid ¶@=;»:¨..,
¨^~†*^£$£# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #£$£^*†~^¨
.:=†%$@#@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@#@$%†=:.
,:~:*££### 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 ¤#%%§%/»,,
.^»=/;=$%£ my pockets. £%$=;/=»^.
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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 ##§/~-.¨¨,
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,...=^%§*¶ and i must've picked it up with my ¶*§%^=...,
,,=*%%#### other belongings. ####%%*=,,
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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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