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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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.,¨,¨¨¨.@& orange tin radio and a translucent ,,@§¤£&¤#§
¨§¤£##§..& umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤..@£@§@¤¨
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£&@£&§§@§§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel §§@£§§&£#£
¤§£@¤@&¤£@ through the ground just how large it is. £&@¤#&&@¤&
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¤@@£@¤#§@§ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ###§&¤¤§£#
£&¤¤££#§§# 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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@&#¤#¤§@£¤ 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 #£@@£&£&&&
@§§¤&@&¤&& 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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