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#&.£,@.£¨¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £.£,£,§,£,
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&§.#¨#¨&,£ orange tin radio and a translucent ¤.#,¤,¤.@,
,§.§.£,¤.@ umbrella which i'm sitting on. @.&.¤.¤.§.
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&#,¤¨&,£,£ to get up, still looking at the @,£¨&¨@,£,
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.§,§,£¨§,# radio (now dented) but also a small ¤,&¨#,§,£.
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£§,¤¨¤.&,£ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤,&,£¨¤,£¨
,@,£¨£¨#,@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's &.#,§,&¨@.
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¨¤.¤.#.&¨@ particle board for it to dry on, but &.£,&¨¤,¤.
£#.£,§¨#¨@ she is worried and wants me to &¨¤¨£.#,¤¨
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