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&&..¤,@¤,& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨¤.£.£.#¤¨
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#&,.@.@§,@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .£¨&¨£,£§,
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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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¤£.,£,§&,§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ,#¨¤.#.@@.
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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 ¨§,#¨§¨.§¨
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,#,£#,.§,& then i run east toward my home. ¨@,£.¤..£¨
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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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##..£.£@.# and i must've picked it up with my .@¨§.@,£&.
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,#,@§,,&.¤ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨£,§.¤¨,#¨
£&¨¨£¨¤£.¤ 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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