,&¨¨,&,£.@ #&¨£,#..#.
£¤,,§¤@§£¤ ¨@£#&¤¨§£¨
¨#,#¨.¨¨,, ¤¨,¨¨&#¨¤£
@§£¤.,¨.¨¤ #,¨,&.@&¨@
,,,#¨,,.¤. §..¤#@.§&.
.¨§&,¨.#§. statuette ¤,§,,£§¨£¨
,§,&.,&,£# §#§.@¨£@§¨
£¤#¤,&££,¨ $%@@$£*$$%£@&%&%»~~==»~«¤£$¤£%$§%$%£$&&$ ,,@&£§¨.@,
.¨¨£§¨,#,# %£$%£%*¤§ ¨§..¨§¨@&@
,.¤,@.#&§§ @&,,#§&.,@
¨£&£§@,¨¨, forests around my childhood home. thick ¨@.#¨¨@,@¤
@,¨¨,§,¨,¤ pine arcades that were planted and £#§#.§@#,&
§¨.¨@@,,@. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,..@@,¨&£.
#,,¤¨¤.#£¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ..§¨£¨&,#&
&¨&£&&£,£¤ is dark and moist, the canopy having ¨¤¤@§§£&¨¨
¤§,¨,,¤£,& already soaked up all the sun. @,.,..¨#¨&
.#¨..@¨#@, §,,¨.,§§¤¨
#§,.¤#¤.¤& there's a river passing by, from east &.¨¨¨@,¨@.
.@,£.¨&#¨@ 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 §£,¨§&£§£.
.@¤¨.£,£,& river bed. .£,£¨,..¤¨
@¨£¨&&£§#, £@&£..,§§¨
¤¤#§,,¨.§& ; ,¨,£.¨¤,£@
,,.§¨¨¨¤., ¨¨#@.@§£.,
¨.&£..&#¨¨ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight .¤,§£¨.&..
¨§¨&,¤¨¤¨§ 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. .§.§§,£¨¨§
.,,,..,,§¨ @£#,&@#.#¤
¨.,¨..,@§§ 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. ,¨,¨..£.@#
.,,§£@&§,, ¨.,..@#&¨@
,,#¨.,,@., † ¨,¨.£,.&§@
¨@§.¨.#@,, ,,,£§,§,¨@
§.#.,¤,£., somethings moving in the grass. it's .¨¤.¤¤¤.#£
&##,§¤¤#¨, invisible to my eyes but i can feel .¤@¤¨,@&.¨
.,§£¨..#¨, through the ground just how large it is. §,.§,¤¨£,£
,¤¨§,,§¤¨§ §.§#&@££#&
¤¤&@¨#.#§. 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. &£.¨,¤£@¤¨
#&£@,&#£¨. ,¤.¨£,.¨&¤
,¨,#§,¨#¨, then i run east toward my home. ££¨@¤,,¤¨.
.¨#.§¨£&¨, ¨@@,¤¨#@¨,
,¤&£§&.#.& \ &.£¤&#.¤.,
#¨¨,¨#§§@¤ #@.,.¤¤§¨,
§,,¨@¨,,,. i am not followed, and slow down in the .@¨¨§,,¤,£
@¨.#@.¨,,& 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. &.£¨,¤#,¤.
,&.¤¨.£,@@ @§@¨¤,§&@,
§&§¤,#¤§,¨ 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. .£.@¨,#.##
#¨.,¨#¨..£ #¤&§,£@@,#
£¨¨.#&,.£. ,¨,#@.¨#£.
@¨,@,&¨@&. .,@,§,&.#§
£.@&¤§&¨§@ ¨#£££¤§&,¨
##¨.,.¤#¨§ &,,....£,¤
,&,¨¨&,&£. @¨¨¨,.§§#,