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¤¨&@£#¤.¨. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,..##§¤¨..
¤@¤..¨,#¨¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤¨.#¨¨¨§..
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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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££@.§¨@,,§ water, stone rings and floating moss. £.¨&,§#£¤.
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,§¨&.,.,¤@ on the southern shores until i got #,&&.,&,¨#
§§@££,,¨§¨ bitten. §§¤,§¨£¤¨@
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,,§.¨&#&¨. 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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,¨¨¨¤§¨¨.. 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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