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.,,,¨,#.§& pine arcades that were planted and @,#,,§.,.#
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£.¨&¨,&&§¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¤¨.§§@&.¤#
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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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¨£@#¨¤@¨§# 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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.¨,§,¤¨@.. 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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,@&@#..££# 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 ¨,£,#&#£¤.
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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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