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£,#,&,¨¤.. pine arcades that were planted and .¨#.&£§¤@§
&£&@#¨¤¤.@ forgotten. wild boars roaming .£§§¨,,¨,,
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.¨¨#,§¤¨,, 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. ¨¨¨&.¨@.¨§
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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. ¤§@.¤££&#&
.¨¨.¨¤.#§§ ¨,¤¤,..,,.
,,.¨@&¤,.£ 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. .#&.@.¤.&.
§§,¤£,.,&. £.&@#¤&£§,
,¤¤,@¨.§&@ 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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