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£..,¨£@@@, 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. .@¨¤.§¤§§§
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#¤£.&,&£,§ on the southern shores until i got ..¨.&,,.&.
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,&.¤@¤,§¤¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £¨,.,,&@,,
£££,.¤§¨¤. 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 ,£&#¨@§&¤¤
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&.,#¨&@.&§ 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, ¤,.¨,¨&§¤¨
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.#,.@..¤,@ 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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