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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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#&,@.&¨¤§, there's a river passing by, from east ¨@¨&¤,#.£,
¨&.§.§..§, 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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¤¤,#,#¨§#¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel .#.£&,@¨#¨
¨&¨&,£,¨§, 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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,§¨@¨§.,&, 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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