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£#£.,§¨&§, forgotten. wild boars roaming §§&¨.,&¨¨¨
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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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.§.&&,,#., 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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¤@,,£¨.¨#. clearing where you at first can spot ¨¨§¨£¤,,¨@
.&§.,#,..& 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 ¨¨.@§§.¨@.
£¤£¨¨&¨#@, 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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