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@¤@.,£,,¨§ already soaked up all the sun. &£§¨¨£¨¨,,
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..,¨&£@,.# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨,¨¨££¤,,¤
§¨,,#.¤@,, where the pine hands start to let ..,.¤,@§.¨
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,,¤¨£§,,#, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤...&¨,£,,
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,¨,¨#,#¤., on the southern shores until i got ,,@¨,¨§.,&
#.¨..¨§@#. bitten. ¨¨¨&¨..&¨¨
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@¨¨£¨.,.¤, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨....¨&¨¨.
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.,@¨.¤¨... 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 ¨@#£.,.£,,
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..§¨..,..& 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 ,,,.,,...#
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.@,..£¤#,¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it ,&¨.,.¨,¨.
,.§..§,#£. must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¨¨&¨..¨¨¨,
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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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