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.@,§,£¨#.# forgotten. wild boars roaming .£,&¨¤@.&#
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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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.§.&,§,¤,¤ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,¤¨£,££,&¤
¨@¨&.#,#,@ orange tin radio and a translucent §£.#¨,&..&
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,§¨§.§,£.# invisible to my eyes but i can feel £¤¨&¨¨#¨,#
,@¨&.#¨#¨¤ 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 .£¨£,§¤,@@
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,@,§¨@,&,& my pockets. .¤¨#.#¤¨§£
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,¤.§¨@.&,§ then i run east toward my home. ¨§¨§,#§.#&
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.@.£.@,§,& clearing where you at first can spot §§,&.,£.¨@
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.@¨#¨¤¨&,@ 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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¨@¨#¨§,£,@ 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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