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£#&¤£§,,¨£ forgotten. wild boars roaming ££§££&¤&,.
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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. ¤§..,,&#¤§
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@¨¨¤§&&&¤. on the southern shores until i got ,.¨,.,,.£#
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,&&#¤@§¨¨¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¤&,,,¨¨.#,
.,&@@@,¨&# orange tin radio and a translucent §.,#££§¨..
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¤§§¤§¤¤¤¤§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel £@¤§¤¤@##¤
§£¤§@#§£§£ 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 &#@£¤&§¤#£
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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 @#£§&££#@@
£###@¤£¤§# 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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