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.¨.¨&£¨¨## forgotten. wild boars roaming #@&¤£§@£§@
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§£¤..¤@,,¤ already soaked up all the sun. .¨,#&&@.,&
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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. ¨¨&@.,@£.,
¤.¨¤@...., you could've found me wallowing around ,,,¨.,...¤
.,,,..&¤§& 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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&&&#£#@&@£ 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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@#@£¤&##¤¤ 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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