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£,&¨,¨#@,, pine arcades that were planted and ,.¨#§,¤¤¨#
,#§§¨,#.#. forgotten. wild boars roaming &..&,@§,§¤
@¤¨,#,¤¤¤¤ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨&.§#¤.@§¨
#¨¤,£&&.., is dark and moist, the canopy having ,£¤&.,§@.#
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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 ¨.¤¤£,,#¨#
¤.§§&&.§., through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨¨£¨.@.#§§
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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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,¨@¤,.&¨,¨ 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. #£.#§..¨§,
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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. #¨..§,.¨.,
,§¨.@#..,¤ &£.,@£..¨,
.£&.¤,&¨,£ 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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