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.¨..##&.¨. forests around my childhood home. thick #,@@,,¨§£#
§,.,¤,§@,, pine arcades that were planted and .¨&¤§¨,&,§
¤#,...#@#. forgotten. wild boars roaming .¨§,@&,.,&
.@£.¨¨&¨§& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @¨¨¨£¤§.,&
¨@#¤,¨,,¤@ is dark and moist, the canopy having §¤,.@,@#¨.
.£¨£@...£¨ already soaked up all the sun. .§@¨..§@§,
,,.§@&,,,, ¨@§#¨¨¤¨£&
§¨¨@,£§¨,. there's a river passing by, from east ¨¤¨#&,.,£#
§£...@#&¨¨ 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. &¨#&¨¨,#£@
#¨¨.&¤£.,# ,¨@¤@,,£¨§
§#..£,§§,¨ ^ ¨,#.@£¨.¨@
,¤&,.¨#§&, £¨.¨#@£¨¨#
.@§#..§.¤¤ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight §£¨¨¤.&#¨,
¨¤¨¤¤¨,¨£@ 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. ¤¨,#¨@¤.,¨
¤¨#£.¨,§@¤ ,&.,¨¤@&.¨
¨¨¤#¤,,#¨£ 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. ,¨,¨,@..,&
¨@@,.¨##&. .,¨.,¨¤¨.@
.@#¤¨,&¨&# / @,,,,¨¨#,,
,@¨§£¨¨¨@@ £&.,¨.,.&.
.¨,§&&¨.@. somethings moving in the grass. it's ,§£,¨,¨¨,¤
¤,,£,£@,,, invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨@¤#,..¨¨.
,§¨,.£§§., through the ground just how large it is. .£.¤&.,,¨¨
,,¤.¨£,@&¨ ¨..§§@,,,¨
,.¨@.¨¨§@& 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. .£,@#¨..,¤
¨@#¤¨,¨,., ,¨.&@@¨...
,¤,¤£¨.¨., = ¨¨.¤.&&.¨.
.,.@¤@¨¨¨¨ ¨,¨¨.@&£.¨
.¨,@¨##¨¨, 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. ,£¨#£..¨¤,
££&,,.¨.¨& ¨,,§@§.¨¨¨
¤¨#¤.,.¨¨. 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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#¤,.,,#&¤. ¨¨§¨£#.¨,@
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