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.£¨§&.¤,&. to west, getting broader and deeper and .§,@,¤¨£¨@
,&¨.#,¤¨£¨ 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. ,£¨¤.&.£,&
,§..£¨§.¤¨ you could've found me wallowing around ,£¨#.#¨¤¨§
,§.§@,&¨¤, on the southern shores until i got .§¨¤¨§.£,&
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¨£,,¤.@,¤, orange tin radio and a translucent .§,&,§.#¨¤
,£¨@#,&.&. umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨¤.&.£.¤.§
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.£.£@¨¤¨§¨ through the ground just how large it is. ,¤,§,¤,@¨&
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.#¨,&.§.¤, 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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.¤.,#.¤.¤. 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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