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&¤,,§¤£§,¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤,,,..¨.,,
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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 @££##@££¤@
..,@#.¨,¨@ where the pine hands start to let ¤#£#&#§&£.
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¨¤@§&.¨#£, water, stone rings and floating moss. .¨&@&&¤.,,
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...¨,£@&&£ on the southern shores until i got .,.¨#¨¨,..
@&§£.¨@£¤¤ bitten. &#@..¨#££§
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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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¤@&§&##&£¤ 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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&£@££§#¤§¤ then i run east toward my home. £@§¤#£¤@§¤
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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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¤@#@££&¤## 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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