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&¨£&..#£§, forgotten. wild boars roaming @¨.£@#@§£.
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&¨.,,#¤¤¤¨ already soaked up all the sun. .¨£¨.¨@#¨,
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#@£#§&.§.¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨¨¨£.,¨§¨.
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§¨,@£@£.¤¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. .§£§..&¨£,
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###.,#..§. 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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,.,§¨.&¨.@ 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 ¤,.#§¨¨,##
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£@#.££,,§. my pockets. £¤¤¤§.¤¤££
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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 .¨,&¨£@¨.,
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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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