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.:-=†¤#£@# forests around my childhood home. thick #@£#¤†=-:.
,¨:~;†£&@# 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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,.-~=^§£@# there's a river passing by, from east #@£§^=~-.,
,,-:^@&#@# 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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,:~/§*@¶@# the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight #@¶@*§/~:,
...~:*¤¤@# 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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..~-†*@&£# to get up, still looking at the #£&@*†-~..
.~-/=%¤£## direction of sound rather than at my ##£¤%=/-~.
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.^=†*£§£## 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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¨,,=^=%&£# 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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