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,..¨.,¤,#, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just &,@,&£.#§,
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#¨¨,¨@&¨£& water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¤@@.§#£.@
&,,.¤.@£,§ you could've found me wallowing around £,¨@@,.£&¨
§.¨@££,£#, 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 .@¨.¨£¨¤§¨
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¨.,.@¤&,&@ my pockets. @£#¤,¤¨@.¨
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.¨¤£,§¨£§, then i run east toward my home. .,@.,¨¨¤,¨
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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 ¤,@.,£§,¨#
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@..,¨¤§.#§ 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 ,&&§¤¨.£..
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