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.@¨&¨&.@,@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @£,#.§,¤,£
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.¤¨&¨&¨#¨& already soaked up all the sun. §£,@¨¤¨§.§
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,§¨&¨#,£.& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £@.§.#¨§¨£
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,§,@,&¨£,@ through light, horsemint on the rocky £§,£¨£.£¨§
,@,&,§,¤.& river bed. ¨@,£.£¨&¨¤
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,#.@¨#,&,& they had been a swampworld with sylvan £§.£.¤¨&.&
,@¨§¨@.¤,@ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨&.#¨&¨#,£
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,£,@¨@,§,# on the southern shores until i got ,£,@,¤.¤,#
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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 @§,£,&.£.@
.£,¤,§,£¨£ 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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,@.£¨#.§,§ then i run east toward my home. ¨@.¤,£¨#,¤
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.@¨#,&.&¨# = .&¨&¨#.@,#
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¨@.§.§,§,@ clearing where you at first can spot §£¨&,£.¤,#
¨#.@¨§¨&,@ 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 .§¨¤¨@¨£,¤
,#¨@.¤,£¨¤ 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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