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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. #@#¤%=~:,,
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¨,-»†$&### there's  a river  passing by,  from east ###&$†»-,¨
,~»/%£@### 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 #@@&=\»~.¨
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,:«†*§#### the  riverbanks reek  of magic.  tonight ####§*†«:,
,,,=/*#### 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 #####*†~:.
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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. ##@¶¤*:»-.
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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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¨.«/^¤£### i am not followed, and slow down  in the ###£¤^/«.¨
,.:»^^§@## 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. ###£%*~,¨¨
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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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