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@#&¨,..#,. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨,£¤&&.£,&
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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 ¨&£¨@¨.&,.
¨.,@£¨¨,¤, where the pine hands start to let ¨¤.@&§,##.
.¨¨@.#,¨§@ through light, horsemint on the rocky #@#£,,@#.£
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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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,£@&&,¨£&¨ 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 .§#,.,#@@§
¨&§££¨£¨¤, other belongings. §¤,&.,#.,,
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.£¨#¨§§.¨, 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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