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£¨£.§¨#¨§, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .&,§,£,¤§¨
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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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£¨§¨&¨§.&¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ,§,#.£,£#¨
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&,£¨&¨#.@¨ 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 ,@,&¨£¨@&.
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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 ,#.§.&.§¤¨
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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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