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.¨¨#.¨£¤@, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨§.£¨¨,@,£
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,£,@¨¤¤#,& on the southern shores until i got .&..¨@,£..
,@§£&§.,§§ bitten. ¨&¤,.&&#&.
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@..#£.£§,¨ orange tin radio and a translucent &,¨,¨.¨§&#
.@,£¨&@,§¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨¤,..¨¨&¨,
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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 ,#,¨¤££§§,
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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 ¨£,£,¨,§,&
.#§¨,.,.¨§ 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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