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£§.,£¤¨,,, 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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§¨§#¤@&&¨# 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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,#£.¨@.@.# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my @.&.¨,@£,¨
¨#¨¤.£&@&¤ radio (now dented) but also a small &§&¤¨,¤¨#,
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¤@¨,.¨£.,. 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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