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£¤.£¨.£¨@, forgotten. wild boars roaming £,§£¨&,.§.
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¤&,£,.¤.£, to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤.¤£¨#¨.¤,
¨&.&.@¤,§. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just §.¨§¨§¨&@¨
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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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§#¨#..£.@, 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, §¨@#¨&,,@.
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,@.#,@&¨¤, on her stomach, feet in the air, §,,¤¨£¨@&¨
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,§,§¨¤¤,¤, 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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