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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 .££#¨.#¨.,
§.£¨¤£.&¨¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #¨,#,§¤..,
#¤@@¨£#§.# where the pine hands start to let §.¤§£¨§,,@
.¨.£¤¨.#£§ through light, horsemint on the rocky #@,¨¤§§,&¨
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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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,£.£§¨#,,. 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. #.&§¤..¨§,
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¤#£.¨¤@... 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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