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,@&¨,,¨.¨& through the ground just how large it is. ¨¨.@&..,.¨
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@¤#§@#@§¤£ 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 ¤¤&£§¤&#££
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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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