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,@.#.#¨£,¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨¨¤¨##.¨&,
¤&,#.¤.§,# where the pine hands start to let ¨¤¤¨,§,¤#¨
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,#.£¨£¨¤,§ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨.£,&&,,@.
§#¨¤¨#¨&.¤ 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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.@.#.@.#.¤ 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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££¨@¨@,§,@ 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 ..@.#§,,@.
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,#,#,¤.@¨¤ and i must've picked it up with my ¨,¤,£#¨.&¨
#@¨@¨§¨¤¨& other belongings. ,@¤..#.£&.
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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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