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@¨¤¨&,&¨&. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,@,#.&¤¨&¨
§¨&¨§¨&¨£¨ where the pine hands start to let ,&,#¨¨@,@.
§,§¨§.£,§, through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨£¨#¨&#.§¨
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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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#.¤.&,&¨#, but now i'm further back, on solid .&¨¤,£¤,£.
&.£¨£,§¨¤, 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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&,£,&,¤,£¨ 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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§.&¨#.@.&, 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 .¤.#,¤@.&,
¤.#,&,£,#, 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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