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&.¤#..&.@¨ already soaked up all the sun. #&&§¨¨¤&,&
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#.,.@¨,¨¨& to west, getting broader and deeper and .@¨.¨,£&,#
#,.§¤,¨,¤& 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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#¨¤&¤..¤@, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,¤.@¨.¨.#£
&&,.£.#¨&# orange tin radio and a translucent £§§&¨..£¨.
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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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,,¨¨£@¨.¨¤ 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 .¨¨,£,¨.£§
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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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