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making story

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half the women went in that direction. half the women went in
that direction.

i am holding it. have several knives. no coat on. put him to
sleep. sleep all the time. on. throw a stone at him. rubbed
with my foot. in nine places. hit cow so she would go away. got
up before sunrise. already walking. about now going die. kill
them right now. not killing it is hot. neither of us won either
side. what do you call this stone, "stone" called? fall
constantly. come pretty near falling. fall. tomorrow shall fell
into water and star there are lots stars falling mocked quail.
sun dead. looked watch. his thigh. her backside how many nights
ago. was tonight. did he shoot with? kind color? person came?
don't know doing. want some water? will be severed? why didn't
him? "the buffalo hooked threw me I way over where dog standing.
then came they were singing. tired. saw people make out mud.
just then. lived there. wrote times there." marry man. woman.
mouth. sing. get enough eat. finish stood pencil end. erected
pole. lift lifted coughed up. getting burnt house down. afraid
return. burn lying floor. rock bottom water. lost red horse.
pray. swing. swing high. half men went that direction. open
still alive. man strong. wood hard. stones hard times. thrown
away thing. ruled. kingdom. stone. stuck. finger sew shirt.
shirt has hole center. river. turn back. see woman die next
summer. bring sun. happen. women.

then:

i am holding it. i have several knives. i have no coat on. i put
him to sleep. i put him to sleep all the time. i have no coat
on. i throw a stone at him. i rubbed him with my foot. in nine
places. i hit the cow so she would go away. i got up before
sunrise. i am already walking. i am about to put him to sleep.
now i am going to die. i am going to kill them right now. i am
not killing them now. it is already hot. neither of us won on
either side. what do you call this stone, what is "stone"
called?

i fall constantly. i come pretty near to falling. i am about to
fall. tomorrow i shall fall. i fell into the water and a star
fell and there are lots of stars falling and i mocked the quail.
the sun is dead. i looked at a watch. i looked at his thigh. i
looked at her thigh. i looked at the backside of the thigh. i
looked at the backside of his thigh. i looked at the backside of
her thigh. how many nights ago. it was tonight.

what did he shoot with? what kind of color? what kind of person
came? i don't know what he is doing. now i don't know what he is
doing. do you want some water? it will not be severed? why
didn't you kill him? why did you kill him? "the buffalo hooked
and threw me and I fell way over where the dog was standing.
then I came to where they were singing. then I was tired. then I
saw the people make the dog out of mud. then I came just then. I
lived there. I wrote many times there."

i marry a man. i marry a woman. i have it in my mouth. i did not
sing. i shall not get enough to eat. i did not finish it. i
stood the pencil on end. i erected the pole. i did not lift it.
i lifted it. i coughed it up.

i stood up. i am getting up all the time. i burnt the house
down. i am afraid to return. i did not burn the house down. i am
lying on the floor. there is a rock at the bottom of the water.
i am lost in the red horse. don't pray. i am going to swing. i
am going to swing high.

half the men went in that direction. half the men went in that
direction.

i shall open my mouth. i am still alive. the man is strong. the
wood is hard. the stones are hard. the people are going to have
hard times. i saw the thrown away thing.

i ruled. i saw the kingdom. i shall throw the stone. i am stuck.
my finger is stuck. i am about to be stuck. i return. i am going
to sew my shirt. my shirt has a hole in it. my shirt has a hole
in the center. i go to the river. i turn back. i see a woman and
turn back. the sun is dead. the sun will die next summer. i will
bring the sun. i will bring a stone. it will happen.

half the women went in that direction. half the women went in
that direction.

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