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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 ¨,@.¤¤.,.,
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&.#§&&,,@, through light, horsemint on the rocky £¨¨&££.,.&
§§¨.¨&.¤#¨ river bed. &¨¤,,£¨.#,
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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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§¨£¨@,&#¤, orange tin radio and a translucent ¤¤¨§§..@#.
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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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.¨§§@&.¨¨. 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 §£#&.,,..,
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,¨¨.§&&¤,@ and i must've picked it up with my ,¨#¤,¨,.§@
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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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