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