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¨¨¨¤,,.&.@ forgotten. wild boars roaming ..&¨¨£.¨¨,
¨.¨,£,,,.£ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,.,&¨.@,¨.
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.,..¨.£,,, already soaked up all the sun. £.,.,¤,,&,
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&¨,&¨,¨... where the pine hands start to let .¨,@@¤¨¨¨.
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.,@¨,&,.¨¨ 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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¤£¤,,¨.¨&@ invisible to my eyes but i can feel .,§.£¤,.,,
£,&@.¨.,§¨ 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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¨.¨,.,§.#@ clearing where you at first can spot #£,¨@.##.¨
¨...¨.,¨&§ 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. ¨¨..,.£¨.¨
.§¨§§¨,.## ¨,..,.,§,.
.,.#¤§..§¨ 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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