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