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@,,¤#.,£§. to west, getting broader and deeper and @¨&&¨#.,,¨
§&.&,¤,¤¨@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just §@@.¤##¨¨,
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#¨¨¤..,¨.¨ river bed. &¨###¤£§,&
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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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¤§£&,,,,.& invisible to my eyes but i can feel @.#¨.£¤.¨¨
¤¨,¨@¨.,¨@ 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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.#,,££.££. 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 £,¤,¨#.&,,
¨¤,¤¤££,&, other belongings. ,&§#¨§@&&.
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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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