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,.-;^%&### pine arcades that were planted and ###&%^;-.,
,:~^%%&@## forgotten. wild boars roaming ##@&%%^~:,
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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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.¨.¨-:»%£# 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 ###@¤£=~.,
,-==$&@### direction of sound rather than at my ###@&$==-,
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.~»*§*&#@# 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 #@£%*%=~.¨
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.,-†%*¤#@£ 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 #@£#*§†~..
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