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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 ,,¤.£,£¨§.
.§,§¨¤¨£,# on the southern shores until i got .¤¤¨§.#,&¨
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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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,@,@.§.&.§ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ¨¤¤.#¨§.&,
£#,&.¤¨£.# 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 ¨¨£,£.§,@,
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@¤,&.#,@,¤ and i must've picked it up with my ,¨£.¤¨§¨§.
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,£¨¤¨&,¤¨@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,#@.§¨¤¨&.
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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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