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#¨¤#&£@§.¨ 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 @¨¨¨@,,.§¨
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&@..&¤,@@@ through light, horsemint on the rocky @,§,£,@.¨.
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@&§&...#,¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,£@#¨§¤¤,,
.¨¨£.¨#§,¤ you could've found me wallowing around §.¨@¤¨.&¨£
,¨£#¨#.&£. on the southern shores until i got ¤.¤.§,£&#£
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.¨¤¨¨#,¤., but now i'm further back, on solid ,,.¨@#¨¤¨¨
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#¨¤¤¨¨,§¨¤ orange tin radio and a translucent .¨@¤¤,.£,¨
&&¨@¨¨&§§¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨#¨¨#.&&¨§
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.#.¨,&,,¤§ 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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¨¨,&,#¨§,¤ 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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