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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. ;-:,..¨,,,
,¨¨,,¨.«†$ $†«.¨,,¨¨,
,¨,¨,^«*$$ ^ $$*«^,¨,¨,
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.¨,«†^£@@# 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. ^,.¨¨...¨,
.¨,..,..¨¨ ¨¨..,..,¨.
,,,¨.¨.,¨, = ,¨,.¨.¨,,,
,.,¨¨¨..,. .,..¨¨¨,.,
,.,...¨,,. 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. @£@†:«^¨.¨
,¨,~;†£§¶@ @¶§£†;~,¨,
¨,~†*@¤#@# : #@#¤@*†~,¨
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,.,^=**£§# 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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