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&,@&.§,¤,, pine arcades that were planted and @£¨£,¨,,.,
&¤£.££#¤¤, forgotten. wild boars roaming §.§&£¨,..,
¤.¨£§,¨,,§ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨@¤,¨¤¨.¨.
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£¨§£§@§¨,@ 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. .,#§..¤¨£,
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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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,.&#..£¤,£ 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. @¤£..,.§¤§
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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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