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.@,£,&,§,& pine arcades that were planted and §¨£.,¤.@,&
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,¤¨&¨§,¤.@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @¨£,¨£,&¨#
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,¤.¤,£¨§.¤ already soaked up all the sun. §¨#,,@,§,&
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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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,@¨§¨@¨@,£ through the ground just how large it is. &.¤.@&¨&,§
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.#,£.§,§.£ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying @,¤,£&.@¨¤
.&.£¨@.£.@ 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 ¤.£.¤§.&¨@
.&¨¤¨£¨¤¨¤ 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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,§.#¨£¨§,¤ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked &¨&,#§.&¨#
,£,§,£¨§,§ 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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