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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 ¨§¨.,..¤¨.
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¨@¨.¤£.§¨, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨.§¨.£@£@,
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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 £#¨#@#¤#&,
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&###,..¨&# the house, not yet really in the ¨¤¤§£@.#¨#
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§,,,£@..££ 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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,,,¨.££#£, 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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