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,¤¨¨£,¨#.¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming §.@£,§¨£.£
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.@,¤§.£&.. already soaked up all the sun. &¨,&,#.¤.@
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.§,¨¤¨,&,& to west, getting broader and deeper and £,&£,¤.@,#
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.¤,£¤.&@,¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky @..§,#,@,&
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.§¨,¤..&¨& 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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,¤¨&@,¤§.¨ 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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,§.##¨¤#.¨ 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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