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&§,,..¨§,. already soaked up all the sun. &,£#,.#&,¨
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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 .§..¨.¨¨£.
§#¨.@.§@¤§ 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 .¤¤¤¨&¨&¨,
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,@¨¨@,¤§,@ my pockets. ¨¨&.£¨,¨,§
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£§£,#¨¤¨.. the house, not yet really in the &¨&§£.@#¨&
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@¨.£.,,¨&. 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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