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..»/*$&£## forests around my childhood home. thick ##£&$*/»..
.¨^==%%¤£# pine arcades that were planted and #£¤%%==^¨.
...,=\$&£@ forgotten. wild boars roaming @£&$\=,...
,..,:»;%*¤ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤*%;»:,..,
,,¨,,-«/%$ is dark and moist, the canopy having $%/«-,,¨,,
.,.,¨,,-=* already soaked up all the sun. *=-,,¨,.,.
¨.,..¨.~«: :«~.¨..,.¨
.¨,.,.¨.,« there's a river passing by, from east «,.¨.,.,¨.
¨¨.,¨...,^ to west, getting broader and deeper and ^,...¨,.¨¨
¨..¨.,,.,, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,,.,,.¨..¨
.,.,,¨¨,,, where the pine hands start to let ,,,¨¨,,.,.
.,.,.,.¨¨, through light, horsemint on the rocky ,¨¨.,.,.,.
¨..¨.¨,.,¨ river bed. ¨,.,¨.¨..¨
,¨,,¨¨,,¨. .¨,,¨¨,,¨,
.¨.,,,¨,¨. * .¨,¨,,,.¨.
,,,,,.¨.¨, ,¨.¨.,,,,,
,¨.¨¨,..,^ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ^,..,¨¨.¨,
..¨¨¨.,.,~ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ~,.,.¨¨¨..
,.¨¨¨¨..»; water, stone rings and floating moss. ;»..¨¨¨¨.,
¨,,¨.,--;^ you could've found me wallowing around ^;--,.¨,,¨
.,,.,~»;%% on the southern shores until i got %%;»~,.,,.
¨¨¨,-~^*£@ bitten. @£*^~-,¨¨¨
,,.:~==$¤@ @¤$==~:.,,
,.^=/$££@# 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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,,,,..-~\% %\~-..,,,,
.¨...¨¨.-/ somethings moving in the grass. it's /-.¨¨...¨.
..,¨¨.¨,:- invisible to my eyes but i can feel -:,¨.¨¨,..
¨,¨,.,¨.¨~ through the ground just how large it is. ~¨.¨,.,¨,¨
,.¨,.¨¨.¨. .¨.¨¨.,¨.,
,,...¨.,,¨ 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. ,¨¨,¨¨.¨,.
,..¨.,¨,,¨ ¨,,¨,.¨..,
¨..¨,.¨,¨, then i run east toward my home. ,¨,¨.,¨..¨
..,.,¨.¨,~ ~,¨.¨,.,..
¨,,.¨.¨:~; = ;~:¨.¨.,,¨
,¨...¨~~=* *=~~¨...¨,
¨.,,..-=§£ i am not followed, and slow down in the £§=-..,,.¨
.¨¨,,=^**¤ 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. .¨.¨.,¨.,,
,,,,.,,¨,, ,,¨,,.,,,,
.,.,..¨.., 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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