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@&,§,@,§,£ 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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##¨@,£,&.¤ 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. #,&.&¨¤¨§,
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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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&@¨#.#¨#.@ somethings moving in the grass. it's @,¤¨#,¤,&¨
,#,&,§¨£.# 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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.#,@¨&.@.& 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. £,£.¤.¤,£.
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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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