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@.@,£.&,.. forgotten. wild boars roaming §§¨,,@¤£,.
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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 &.,¤#.¤,¤.
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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 £.¨.#§£.£¨
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@,,@.,¤.£. then i run east toward my home. ¨.@§#.§§@,
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.@¨¨.&@.¨§ clearing where you at first can spot &,@,,£,¨,.
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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 ,.##§£&¨..
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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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