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&§¨,£,¤¨#& forgotten. wild boars roaming @¨¨&.#,££.
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&@,¨£.&.¤£ is dark and moist, the canopy having @,.#,#,@&.
,¤,§@,&..§ 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 &¨¨#.¤,£¤.
¨&,#&,§¨¨@ through light, horsemint on the rocky §.#£¨#,,£¨
£¤.¨¤,£.§§ river bed. ¤.¨&¨&¨£@¨
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.¤.¤&.£..§ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¤,¤£¨#¨.¤.
§£¨.#,#.¤@ water, stone rings and floating moss. &¨.¤.@¨#£.
¨@.§§.#,,§ you could've found me wallowing around &.¤£¨¤..#,
§£¨.@,#.£§ on the southern shores until i got @..£¨¤.#£,
¨£.£¤¨§,¨£ bitten. #¨@@¨&.¨£,
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,@,¤¤¨§.,# but now i'm further back, on solid @¨&@,§.,@,
¤£.¨@.@.&@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an §¨¨@.¤¨&@.
¨¤,@#,@..£ orange tin radio and a translucent @,@@,&.,¤,
§£,¨¤¨§,@¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤,.£¨#.£¤.
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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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##,.£¨@.¤£ 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 £,.£,#¨&£,
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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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