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#&@¨.&£&@§ pine arcades that were planted and ¤¤.#£¤£¨.&
.,¤¨£,,,., forgotten. wild boars roaming .&@.¨,#,£.
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¤¨.&§.¨.#¨ already soaked up all the sun. ¨¨§@@.,§&¤
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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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,¤¤#¤@¤&#, 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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&§¨§@,,.§. 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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¤&,§£&§,&, 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 #.&@,,¤@¤.
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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 #£¨,.§§,,.
¤¨§,.¨¤.£¨ throw it away. ¨@.,&¨¤,,,
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