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§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ KILOMETERS.  FROM  WEST  TO  EAST,  FOUR §¨§§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§ THOUSAND METERS. FROM TOPSOIL  TO STONE, §§¨¨§§§¨§¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ A FOOT  OR TWO. NO ROOTS CAN FESTER,  NO ¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨
§¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨             DUST CAN LINGER.             §§§§¨§¨¨§¨
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¨¨§¨§§§§§§ HERE  IS  EARTH, CLAY,  AND  STURDY  LOW ¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ PLANTS.  BUSHES  FRAME  THE  STRIP.  THE ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ EARTH IS  BARE IN  PATCHES AS  LARGE  AS §¨§§§§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§¨                YOU AND ME.               §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
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¨§§§¨§§§¨¨ CROSS IT TO GET TO  THE  OCEAN, OR DON'T §§¨¨§¨§§§§
§¨¨§§¨¨§¨§          TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE.          ¨§¨§§§¨¨¨§
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