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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 @,#.&.&,§§
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.¨@,¤¨§.¨¤ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @,#,#.§,&£
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¨,¤,&,&.¨@ 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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,.&.¤¨§,,§ 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. ¤.£¨§¨¤,,£
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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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