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.,=:§@@### forgotten. wild boars roaming ###@@§:=,.
,-«:^£#@@# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #@@#£^:«-,
,:=*%$*&@@ is dark and moist, the canopy having @@&*$%*=:,
,,«^*££@¶# already soaked up all the sun. #¶@££*^«,,
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.-~**$@@## to west, getting broader and deeper and ##@@$**~-.
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,,»:$$#£@# where the pine hands start to let #@£#$$:»,,
,~~†*£&@## through light, horsemint on the rocky ##@&£*†~~,
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¨.=*%$#@@# water, stone rings and floating moss. #@@#$%*=.¨
.¨,¨»;^¤@@ you could've found me wallowing around @@¤^;»¨,¨.
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.,»\†$§### bitten. ###§$†\»,.
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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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¨-~;†¤¤### 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 #&**:-,..¨
.:»^$&@£## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##£@&$^»:.
,^-;†$££## must have been laying in the wet dirt, ##££$†;-^,
¨--†*¤£¶@# 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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