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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 ¤#¤@¤¨@££.
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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. ¤#,.¨,#@&£
,,.¨£,@¨,. ,,£,¨¨£.¨,
.,¨.§£&&., 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. .§¨,¨@.§&¨
#¤§#.¨&¤§¤ &¤@,,@&§,@
,¨.,#¨#.¨, 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. @¨,¨&£,¤£,
,¨&¨.§&@£¤ £¤,.£,£§.§
&¨§£,§¨.,, 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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