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,§,@&.##£& forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¨,.¨§£¨§§
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.¤¨&@§.,¤, already soaked up all the sun. ¨¨¤.¨#&¨§¨
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&,.¤¨#§¤,. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .¤¨.¤£@@§£
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£#,.¤,@¤§, through light, horsemint on the rocky .£§£¨¨,¨¨@
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££@£¨##§#¤ 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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¨.#,.,,¨@, to get up, still looking at the £¨#.¤¨#,£¤
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£.£,¨¨¤¨¤§ hands, who are busy putting things in ¨,¨..¨¨&£&
£§£,,¤@£.§ my pockets. .¨.,¨.@¨,.
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.@£@¤¨§¨@# then i run east toward my home. ¨.¨.#,¤,££
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#¨¨¨,£##,£ 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 #¨¨¨¤@£¨¨.
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&§,.@@,&§, roughly seven centimeters long. it's §,@¤.¤.#§,
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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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