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#¨¤¨,&.£.& forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨@¨,§¨#¨@
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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 @,@.¨@.@,@
£¨&¨@#,¤¨& 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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¤,@¨,£¨@.# 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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¤,&¨¤£¨#¨& 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, ¤.§,¤@¨§.¨
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&¨#.¤£,§,# 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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