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§,,¨@§&#&¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨¨.@¨¤¨.££
#,.¤..,¨&# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,¨£&@£,@¨¨
¤.&@,¨,@,¤ where the pine hands start to let ,#¨,¨#@§¨#
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¤@.,&£¤&§, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨,¤.@.&@¨¨
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¤@@¤,..§,# on the southern shores until i got #,..,@#§@¤
,¨,¤..&@£. bitten. §¨,¨§¨.,.,
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##@¨,£££§. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &¤§£&,....
,¨#¨§.,.@. 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 ,¨¤&&¨,,¨.
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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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