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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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.£,..,£&¤¨ 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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,.,¤#¨¨¤., 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 .,&¨&¤,#@.
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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 ¨..&,§,,£&
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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 ..,..¤&§¨§
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