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£¨¤.§¨¨&.¨ pine arcades that were planted and .@.#¨£.§¨,
&¨£.@.£@,& forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨£,£¨&¨§.#
¤¨@¨¤¨.¤,. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it .§.£.§.§,,
#¨§.§.§#,& 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 .§¨§.§.@.#
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£,¤¨#,£§,& river bed. .&.@.£,#.§
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#¨@¨#,,§.. they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨¤.&¨&¨&..
§¨¤¨£.&&¨# water, stone rings and floating moss. .¤,§,&,&,#
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¤¨#,#¨§@¨¤ 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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¤.#¨#¨.&¨, 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. ,&.£.¤,#¨&
£.§¨§¨,§,, .§,@.§.¤..
#¨&.§,¤#.£ 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. .¤¨#¨#.@.,
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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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