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£..¨£¨.,.¨ 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. .§£#,.,,§.
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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 ¨#£..§.£#¨
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¤¨¨.,¤¨¨@. river bed. ¨@,#@.,&.¤
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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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.¨¨§&¤...§ 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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¤,.@.#¤¨.¨ 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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