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.¨¤¨.¤,¨,£ forests around my childhood home. thick ,£&#.,&¨¤.
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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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¤.#@&£§..& 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. .¨&,§#£,§.
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.¨¤£.¨.@., 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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,@¨¨§£.&¨, 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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§.§.,#&¨#. 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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