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£#¤,.&.... pine arcades that were planted and #@¨.,¨.,¨,
&,#§.,#,,. forgotten. wild boars roaming &@§¨..¨¨,,
,.&#&..£.¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it £,@@.,,,,¨
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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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¨,,¨@§¤..¨ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¨.&.¨.¨.¤¨
,,¨,§¨¤&¨, they had been a swampworld with sylvan #,¨&.,,,¨&
§,¨¨.,#@&, water, stone rings and floating moss. ,&..¤.,,,.
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.,#,.¨¨.¤§ on the southern shores until i got £¨,§,.¤.¨,
.,.#..¨,&. bitten. £@¨.#¨.@¨¨
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¤¨..,,#¨¨¨ 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. .,¨¨#§¤.¨&
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,,,@§§.¨£, 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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¨,¨@¨,.¨@& 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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,.@,#¤.¨@. 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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