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£¨.##.¨¨,& already soaked up all the sun. ¨@¨£.¤,#,¤
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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 ,,&¨¤,,,..
§£,#¨¨¨&.& orange tin radio and a translucent .¨@§#§,.,¨
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,.§,@.¨¤&§ to get up, still looking at the £¨§&£,#¤¨§
¤,@£§§¨£¨, direction of sound rather than at my ,@#,¨#§,£&
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.¤.§,¨£,,§ my pockets. ¤.@#§¤&@.@
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.@£§£,¨¨&¨ 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 §&¤,&£¨...
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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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