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§,¤¤¤#£§§¤ already soaked up all the sun. &,@..§££@£
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,@,¨,&.,.. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #&.£@¤,£@,
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.¨#¤&§#&#¨ river bed. ¨,##¤£#¤§.
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£,¤¨#.@£¨§ 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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¨¨#@#&#.@@ 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. ¨¤,£¨¨,&.,
¨,.@§&&££# ¤§@#£,,#£,
,.,@..,.,¨ 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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