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,¨&,,,,£§# 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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£§.,,...¨# 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 .¤¤@.,&,,,
¨¨.££¤¨,¨¨ river bed. ,#,£#.,@.¨
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,.¨¨.&§@,, = §,¨&¨§&.,&
&.¨.¨§,¤¤, ,§,,,#&&¨,
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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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¨&¨¤§¨¨@,¨ 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 ¤¨¨,.&@£..
,¨¨£.¨¨,¨, other belongings. ¨&¨.¨¤.&@¨
.,,¨&,,.., ,¨£.,,.§&§
¤¨,,¨§¨..¨ 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. ¨.¨¨,,£,.,
,¤.&#¨,,,@ .,¨¨,¨¨@.¨
¨,¨£@¤.,.. 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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