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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. .¤,#.,§,&¨
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§@,@@.§¨¨@ 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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&&.£¤¨@¨.¤ through the ground just how large it is. ¨@¨&¨,£.@¨
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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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,£.,@¨£¨§& 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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