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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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.£¤,&¨@,§¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #.&.#.¤..£
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,£#,¤,@.§, through the ground just how large it is. £¨@,&.¤¨.@
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¨.&¨@,&¨§, to get up, still looking at the £.&¨£.@¨#§
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,@#,@,£¨@¨ my pockets. §¨&¨£¨&¨¨&
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,§&.£¨£.£¨ the house, not yet really in the #,&¨&,&,.§
,¨§,¤¨¤.£¨ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #¨¤.#,&.#£
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..¤¨§.#,@¨ 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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..¤.&,¤,£. 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 #¨@,£,@.§#
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