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.¨¨¨@¨@§,¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,@¨,&#@¤&
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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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,@£.&&,&,¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan §@@¤,&.¤£@
&£,##,£&¤, water, stone rings and floating moss. §.,.¤£££.,
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£§£¨##.@.& on the southern shores until i got &§§.§&.,£@
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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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§,,.@¨¤¤.# 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, ¤¤,&&,§¤@,
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£.££#@§¨¨, 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 .#&.,.£,¨.
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