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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 ¤¨,&..§,&¨
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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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£.@,¨@,,§¨ 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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§,¤¨¤¤.@§¨ 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. &¨,¤¨,£¨@,
£,&.,#.,£, £¨&#.£#¨#,
&.&,§¤,##. 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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