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,,~;:;=*#£ forests around my childhood home.  thick £#*=;:;~,,
¨^~;$@#£#@ pine  arcades  that   were  planted  and @#£#@$;~^¨
.¨¨,,,~=%¤       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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,,=\*%£@@# there's a  river  passing by, from  east #@@£%*\=,,
¨.:%¤@£### 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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¨~»†§%¤@## the  riverbanks  reek of magic.  tonight ##@¤%§†»~¨
¨.,,.»$%#@ they had been  a swampworld with  sylvan @#%$».,,.¨
.,,~:-==§§ water, stone  rings and  floating  moss. §§==-:~,,.
,~~^;%§&#§ you could've  found me  wallowing around §#&§%;^~~,
¨-»*%%&#@# on  the  southern  shores  until  i  got #@#&%%*»-¨
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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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,-»^*§£¶## i am not followed, and slow down in  the ##¶£§*^»-,
,¨--~=%$%# clearing  where  you  at first can  spot #%$%=~--¨,
¨.=/=@§### 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 &¤†%=:~--.
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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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