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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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..§&&&@#.¨ 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. ¨£&¤&¨¨¨¨¨
&¤¤¨¨¨,¨¨¨ ,.##,¨&¤§@
#@,,§#¤£#. 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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.¨§£¨,.,§£ somethings moving in the grass. it's @£.,@¤,¨&@
,..,.£@¨,¨ 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. ¨..¨.,¨.,,
§§&..,.##, &@##§&¤&¤£
§@,¨@&..,, 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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£.¨,.@@&&¨ 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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