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.££¤.,.&¨¨ pine arcades that were planted and £§.¤..¤&,¨
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£.@£,@¤¨¨¨ already soaked up all the sun. §¨,§£§#,,.
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&@,£,@§.¨@ to west, getting broader and deeper and ,§#¨.¤¨§¨§
¨.§@§§.&¨& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just &¤¨¤¨@§£¤@
&¨#¨¨¨#£§¤ where the pine hands start to let §.#¤§&,,,.
&@£#,,&,., through light, horsemint on the rocky ,&#¨.,#¨,¨
&...&.¤£., river bed. @§.£.,§§,.
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,&¤,¨¨§¨¨& they had been a swampworld with sylvan @¨.##,¨§..
.¤.#..#@.@ 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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@.@¨¤#.£,& 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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¨#£¨¤.,¨¨¨ then i run east toward my home. ¨,,¨¨¨¨¨£#
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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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