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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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..¨@¤£@£@§ bitten. §.,&&¤##§¨
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¤£§@¨.£@,. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £&.,.¨.,£#
£¤&.,,¨,¨@ 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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£§¤&&#£¤&@ 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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¤££#£@£¤¤§ 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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§@@#§§@¤#& 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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