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&¨#.@,@£¨§ already soaked up all the sun. §,@¨#,@,@,
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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. §,£¨§.§,#,
&¨#¨#¨¤&¨& 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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£¨¤.§.£¤,§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel §,£¨£,@,£.
¤,¤¨§¨¨#,§ through the ground just how large it is. &¨&¨§¨§.@,
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@¨#,¤,,§.@ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ¤¨#,@¨§¨@,
#¨£.§¨#@.# to get up, still looking at the &,&.§.¤¨#¨
@¨£.§,.#,# direction of sound rather than at my ¤,&¨£.#¨#,
&,£¨&¨£§,@ hands, who are busy putting things in §,¤.&,£,§¨
§,@¨#¨,&.£ my pockets. §.@¨£.@,£.
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§,#¨¤¨¨@¨£ then i run east toward my home. §.£.§,¤.§¨
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§¨£,@,&¤¨& clearing where you at first can spot §,@¨@,§.@,
£,#,¤.¨§.& 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 £,§¨£,§.#.
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¤¨£,#,¨¤,¤ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked &.&,&.¤¨@,
¤¨§¨&,££,¤ 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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