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¤.@£,#¨£,# 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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¤,¨¤.&,&,¨ 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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£,¨¤.¤,#¨. somethings moving in the grass. it's ¨§.@¨@,&@¨
#,#¤¨§,&.& 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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#¨,@¨#.£.¨ \ .&.@.¤.@£.
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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. ¨¤¨#¨#¨¨§.
¤,.£¨&,£¨. ,§¨£,£¨&&.
&,¤#.¤.@.§ 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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