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£,,¨.&,,,, pine arcades that were planted and ,.#£.¤@,£§
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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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¨¤&@£¤,¨¤¤ 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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,§£,..¨§¨, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .§#&,¤£#@¨
¨&,¤.,,£#, orange tin radio and a translucent ,§¨.@@.,¨¤
#&§##¨.@,& umbrella which i'm sitting on. §£#¨&.@.,&
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&§.£¨@¨&§¨ 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. ¨#,,§.@¨@.
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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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