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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 ¨¨&£@...¨£
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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 ,..,¨¨¤£§§
.§,..¨.&§¨ 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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¤¨§.#.¤@§@ 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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£&¨@¨§&¤#, 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 ¤¨.&#.,£¨.
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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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