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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 .§§..,.£¤.
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.§¨¨¤¤#.@. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¤..@¨§§#§.
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¤@.¤@@.&,. umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨,¤¤.¨&.,&
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¤.¨§§¤¤.§, to get up, still looking at the &§¨.,&¤..§
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§£§£&..&.. 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. ,&£¤¨.¨@,.
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,,,.¤¨.§§, on her stomach, feet in the air, ,@,#£,¤¤££
#¨¨,¤#¨¤,¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's @§§&¨¤&.¨.
#¤,¨¤.¤@§¤ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¨¨,,§@.£.,
§.&,#¤#¨¨. #,¨.@,¤&#.
£¤¤£§¨,@¨, 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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