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..¨.¨.@#§. forgotten. wild boars roaming .,.¨¨,@&£&
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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. ¨§¤£¤#.¨¨¨
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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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