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.¤,#¨.#.£, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨£.£#,@,.§
.#.&.#&¨§, you could've found me wallowing around ,&.¨@¨§.@&
,¤.¤,.@,&. on the southern shores until i got ¨¤,§@.§,.§
.¤,§,£§.¤¨ bitten. ,@,.#¨&.&¤
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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 ¨§.¨§.§¨@£
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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 ¨£¨¤¤,¤.,§
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.§,§..§,¤¨ my pockets. ,&.¤#,&¨¨§
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,§,&¨¨@.§, then i run east toward my home. .@¨#§¨§¨¨@
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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 ,@¨,£¨@¨£#
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,§¨@,#§¨£. 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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