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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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&.&§.§¨@,£ 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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#¨¤#.@¨#.# then i run east toward my home. ¨¤.¨§.@.&,
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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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§,£@.@¨#,& 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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