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@¤¨@¨¤.£¨# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨,@.£.£¨&¨
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@#,§,§¨&,# already soaked up all the sun. ..&¨&,@,£.
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@¤.§,#.£¨¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨.¤¨£,@.@¨
.@.¤,#¨¤.# where the pine hands start to let .&#.@¨§,&,
&#.£,@.£¨@ through light, horsemint on the rocky ..§.§¨¤.¤,
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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 ¨.§¨#¨§,&.
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,@.&.@,&¨# 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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,&.¤,@,#.¤ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨££¨¤.¤¨¤.
&&,£¨¤¨#¨£ 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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