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.£,§¨£,&¨¤ 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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#&,&,#.£,§ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨§,£¨§.,§,
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&#,&¨¤¨#¨# 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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,@,¤,#,¤¨@ 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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¤§,#.¤,£¨§ 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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