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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. ##¶#%*:~-,
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,,.-»:=*£@ 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 ###@£*/=^.
,.,~\%$¤@# umbrella which i'm sitting on. #@¤$%\~,.,
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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 £§*$=«,,¨¨
,,.~/%£¤@# direction of sound rather than at my #@¤£%/~.,,
,~«†**£### hands, who are busy putting things in ###£**†«~,
..--^%*#£# my pockets. #£#*%^--..
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,.-~=^¤### then i run east toward my home. ###¤^=~-.,
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.,,=:†£&@# i am not followed, and slow down in the #@&£†:=,,.
¨,~/*%£### clearing where you at first can spot ###£%*/~,¨
¨¨:~**¤@## the house, not yet really in the ##@¤**~:¨¨
¨¨¨.~\$§§£ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my £§§$\~.¨¨¨
,.^«*§%@@# 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. #¶@&%*--¨,
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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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