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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 £@¨¨...,£@
¤§§£¨.¨.§§ 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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¨¨¨¨¨.¨.¨¨ direction of sound rather than at my .,..,¨,.,,
@¤¤&§£#@&& hands, who are busy putting things in ¤&@#&#§£§§
§###§¤#§&& my pockets. @#¤¤@¤@¤£#
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&§§#@¤¤&@& 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 §#¤¤££&#§§
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