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¤£¨.¨,,£&. water, stone rings and floating moss. ,.£&¨,¨¨,.
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@#¤&@£§£¤§ 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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£¤¤#£&£&§§ 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 &@£§§£&#&&
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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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