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.,,-^;:@£& pine arcades that were planted and &£@:;^-,,.
.:-=†§¤#@# forgotten. wild boars roaming #@#¤§†=-:.
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.-«/*$§¶#@ is dark and moist, the canopy having @#¶§$*/«-.
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,:~:†@£¶@# to west, getting broader and deeper and #@¶£@†:~:,
.-=†$&§£@# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #@£§&$†=-.
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.~-;%%@@## 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. £#§/,,.,¨¨
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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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,,.,~»;:=£ to get up, still looking at the £=:;»~,.,,
,^«\=^=##£ direction of sound rather than at my £##=^=\«^,
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.-»/%$££@# my pockets. #@££$%/»-.
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.,-\*$@@@# then i run east toward my home. #@@@$*\-,.
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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, ##@£%†/»,,
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,,»*^§@¶@@ other belongings. @@¶@§^*»,,
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¨,=\$$&@## my mom is here now. i ask her for some ##@&$$\=,¨
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,.»\†*&£@# she is worried and wants me to #@£&*†\».,
,,~†§*¤¶## throw it away. ##¶¤*§†~,,
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