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.,,&.§.,., slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨¨,@#...¨¨
.¨¨#¤§#.., where the pine hands start to let ,¨,§.@,¨¨,
.¨¨§¨,,¤.. through light, horsemint on the rocky .¨,§&@&.¨,
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¨@,.£&¤¨.. 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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&,,.&¨.££. 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 #&£¨.,.@¤¨
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,.¤§#.&£¨§ 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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