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.@.@.@,##. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .@,£,§.#¨§
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,&.£.¤,££¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. .&,&¨@.@¨@
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,@.&,¤¨£#¨ direction of sound rather than at my .£,§¨£,§¨&
,&.&¨§¨,§. hands, who are busy putting things in .@.£.#,@¨¤
¨§¨§¨#.&#, my pockets. ,&.§.#¨@¨§
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¨&.#.#.¨¤¨ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¨£.@.§.¤¨#
.§,&¨£,¤§¨ radio (now dented) but also a small ,#,¤.&.§.£
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.§.¤.#¨£&, 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 ,@.@¨#.#¨#
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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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