¨¤,¤,§¨&#& §¨.¨£,¤§.¨
¨...¨¨¨#¨§ ¨§,¨.,#££,
.,.,.¨¨¨¨¤ ¨.&.,¨@.#&
#¨,.,,,.¨& ¨..£....@#
##..,¨¨,,¨ ¨,,¨£,..§.
£#§,.¨,.¨, statuette £¨,¨,§,¨.,
&¨&&¨¨.,¨. @£¨.,,£,,¨
,.§¤¤.¨..¨ $$¤%@&$%%@££§£%£~~~«««~~@%£%&£%§£££%%£*¤ ££§¨,¨¨¤¨,
¨¨&,£&,,¨, &&%%§$$$§ §,¤#¨¨,¨&,
,,¨¨££¤,.¨ ¨.§£&,.¨¨£
@¨..@¨¤&.. 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. £.¨&,,..&,
.¨#,,,&§@¨ £@..#,¨¨.&
&,,&,¨@¨@@ * £@¤,,§,,,¨
.#,.&,,,@# £.##¨¨£¨¨.
,,@.,#¨.§, the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¨.&#@,,¤,,
¨.,&,.£¨,. 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. .¨¨¨,§@¤.¨
.¨,¨@¨¤¤¨¨ ,¨,¨¨#,§#¨
...¨.,#&&¨ : .¨¨.,.,§@£
£,.¨,.¤.§@ .¨,¨.¨¨¤.§
£¤.,,,..§# 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. ,,&¨§&¨...
.£,¨,.#£&¨ &,,,¤@#¨¨,
¨.&,¨.@.§£ ¨¤.¨&,§@,.
¨..#...,#& .¨@,¨¨£#§¨
,¨.,¤¨..#, @¨¨£,,¤.&@
#¨¨,.£.,., ,§¨.&,¨,@§
§¤.,,.#¨,, .¨§¨¨£¨¨#.