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¨¨¨,..¨.,. forests around my childhood home. thick .,.¨..,¨¨¨
.,¨,.¨.,,. 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. .¨,¨¨.¨,¨,
..¨¨¨.,,,. .,,,.¨¨¨..
,,,,..,,¨, 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 £*«^,¨¨,,,
¨...¨~~*¤£ 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. $^«:¨¨.¨..
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,¨.,.¨,¨.« but now i'm further back, on solid «.¨,¨.,.¨,
,,,.,,.,., ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,.,.,,.,,,
,..,,..¨¨. orange tin radio and a translucent .¨¨..,,..,
¨,¨,,¨¨.,. umbrella which i'm sitting on. .,.¨¨,,¨,¨
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¨.,..,,,¨. somethings moving in the grass. it's .¨,,,..,.¨
¨¨.,.,,,¨¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨¨,,,.,.¨¨
¨,.¨¨¨¨.,, through the ground just how large it is. ,,.¨¨¨¨.,¨
.¨.¨¨,.,,. .,,.,¨¨.¨.
,.,¨,.¨,¨~ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ~¨,¨.,¨,.,
.¨,¨¨..¨,~ to get up, still looking at the ~,¨..¨¨,¨.
¨,...,.,=% direction of sound rather than at my %=,.,...,¨
¨.,¨.,,-*$ 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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