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§.&¨@,£¨§, forgotten. wild boars roaming .£¨£.£§.&.
£,£.@¨#¨&¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,§,@¨.#¨¤.
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@¨&,&,&.¤¨ already soaked up all the sun. ¨#,&¨,£¨£.
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£.@.#.§.¤, to west, getting broader and deeper and .£,£¨§£¨#¨
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§,#¨@.§,#. where the pine hands start to let .@¨§.£@.#¨
§.£.@¨&.£. 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 .¤.@¨¤£,#.
§¨@.#.#.£. bitten. ¨¤,§,,§¨#.
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§¨#¨#,£,§¨ 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. ¨@¨§¨§§.¤¨
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¤¨&.£.#¨¤, 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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#,£.§,§,£¨ 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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