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£,,&...&§# pine arcades that were planted and &¤,,¨.#.¨.
,¤¨¨@.¨¤.£ forgotten. wild boars roaming .§§,,.¨#,¨
.,¤¨,£¨,¨# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨§&@¨,,.#.
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£¨..£.,£¨, 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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.¤¨,,§¨§#, 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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¨¤#@¨,#¨¨£ 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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