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¨#¤&.¨,¨§§ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,§§£#&.,¨
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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 ¨¨,¤#¤,,¨.
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..¤¤£@&&#¤ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,.¨¨¨,,¨,.
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.&&¨¨¤&,.@ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¨.¨§,,££,
,,.¨¨.,,¨¨ you could've found me wallowing around &&#.,.¨.¨¨
&§&§&§¤#¤. 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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£@&&..&¤#§ 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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¤@§&£§@¤§§ then i run east toward my home. #@&#&&&#¤§
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&¤@##§§¤§¤ 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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