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...¨,£#¨,£ pine arcades that were planted and #£&#.¨@£¨,
§@¤#¨,.¨.. forgotten. wild boars roaming §&£.¨.,¨.§
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¨¨.&¤¨,¨,. already soaked up all the sun. §§#&,,¨.£¤
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¨,¨£¤¤¤&&@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨,§¤&&..@¤
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¨@&£..,¨., water, stone rings and floating moss. ,#§,,§£¨,,
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¨¨,,.¨&£&& on the southern shores until i got &#¤#§££.,,
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.@,.¨¨#@¨, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £#&¨¨¨.,¨¨
¨,.¤&....¨ orange tin radio and a translucent &§¨¨£¤##£#
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&£.,¨¨.,£§ 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 .§&¤&##§&,
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§§#£@¤..§& my pockets. ,¨¨@££@¨,§
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&#¤.,§§#§& 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, ¤,¨£&¨..,,
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.¤¨.§§@§£§ 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. ,¨,,£&,¨@§
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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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