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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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##£@..,@&§ water, stone rings and floating moss. ..&£¤@£@#§
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#£,¨,.¨..¤ 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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,¨£§#,¨¨¨. 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 ,.@&..£&,,
.¨.¨¨,.,,. hands, who are busy putting things in ,,,...,,¨¨
¤§§¤¤¤¤@§¤ my pockets. &@§¤&¤&#£#
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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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@@###§§@¤& particle board for it to dry on, but £¤¤£#£¤£##
###£&¤@§@# she is worried and wants me to §¤§@&@¤££¤
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