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,.~*†$£###  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ###£$†*~.,
,,,,,,.*$# OTHER  DAY,   SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND #$*.,,,,,,
,.~*†$£###   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ###£$†*~.,
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,.~*†$£### DARK,  AND THE STARS  ARE OUT,  BUT  THE ###£$†*~.,
,.~*†$$£## SUN  IS ABOUT  TO  RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ##£$$†*~.,
,.~†$£#### BEFORE  IT  FADES TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ####£$†~.,
,,,,~~*$## THEN  IT STAYS  SO UNTIL  I FALL ASLEEP. ##$*~~,,,,
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,.~*†$#### IN THIS  COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF  RADIO ####$†*~.,
,,,.*††££#   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   #££††*.,,,
,.~*†$£### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS,  CAMERAS, ###£$†*~.,
,,,,~†††££ MIRRORS,  PRISMS,  AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ££†††~,,,,
,,,,,~†$£# DO  ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED  WITH #£$†~,,,,,
,,,,,.~†$# DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF  THEM INTRIGUING, #$†~.,,,,,
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,,,,.*$$## THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A  BIT ##$$*.,,,,
,.~*†$£### MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ###£$†*~.,
,,,.~~*$$# SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS  TELL #$$*~~.,,,
,,,,,,.*$£ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR  FOR ME, £$*.,,,,,,
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,.~*††$£## ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I   LOSE   STUFF  BY ##£$††*~.,
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,.~*†$£### ME,  THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ###£$†*~.,
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