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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 ¨&£¨§¨£.@¨
&..§,£¨§¨§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,,£.@.¤¨@¨
#,&£.&.&.§ where the pine hands start to let ¨#&,&.¤.¤.
@,.£¨@,£,@ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨¨§¨¤¨¤¨#¨
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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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&.§@.¤,@¨& 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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#.#£¨#¨#.§ 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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§,#£¨#,&¨¤ 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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