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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. ¨,¨,,@¤¨,#
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.,,¨@#@#¨. on the southern shores until i got #@¤¨,@@@@¤
,&&,,#¤,¨, bitten. &#.,¨,¤@#.
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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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§&£##¤¤#¤# 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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&£#@#§@¤@¤ 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 #@§¤@¤#¤¤¤
¤¤£@@§@£#@ 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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