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.#¨,@&,¨¤¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming .#&#§.#,¨§
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£.¨¤,¨¨..¤ already soaked up all the sun. ¨§¨&¨££,@.
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§&&#.@£.,§ 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 ,,¨¤,.,...
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.,@£¨¨,£.§ 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 ¨,@@.#§@£.
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,,¨¤¨.,£§¨ 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. @##,.,#,&.
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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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