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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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§§.¨£¤,¨,¤ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨,¨§¨£#&##
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#§@...#,¤§ water, stone rings and floating moss. &¨§.,@¤.#,
£,¨¤¨.@¤#, you could've found me wallowing around ¨§§¤,@,&@@
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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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&@¤¤@.#,.¤ to get up, still looking at the ,&&¨¨.§,.&
¨¨,,,@¤#,¤ direction of sound rather than at my ,¤,&..§#,@
&.¨,¨&,,£§ hands, who are busy putting things in .§§£@¨§.&¤
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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 ¨...&¤&¨#&
#§¤.#§¨£.§ 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 .¨£¤¨§.£¨#
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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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