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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 ¤.§¨&&,@£,
¤#.@&,#.#¨ where the pine hands start to let &.£,,@¨,§,
,#.,&,@¨@, through light, horsemint on the rocky £¨#¨&£¨@@¨
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@#.@§¨§¨#¨ 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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#@¨§£,#,&, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £¨@,.@,¨¤¨
.@,,£¨£¨&, orange tin radio and a translucent #¨@.&&.#§¨
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§¤¨&&¨#.#. 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 @.&.,§¨¨¤.
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£#¨@¤¨§,#. my pockets. &,&,,§¨.£¨
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£@.¤#.#¨&, then i run east toward my home. £,#..¤¨.&,
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£&.@¤¨&.£, 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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£@¨#£.¤.&. roughly seven centimeters long. it's £.§¨¨£.,£¨
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££,§£¨£.¤¨ particle board for it to dry on, but &.#,.¤.,§¨
¨&,¨§,£¨#¨ she is worried and wants me to ¤,@,#¤.@#,
£&.£#.@.¤, throw it away. #.£..¤,¨#¨
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