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£¨#,,§¨.@, 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. #.#.§¨@,§.
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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 §.#,¤¨@.@,
&.£,£§.§@¨ river bed. ¤,§¨#,£.§,
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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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#.#.@£,§&. somethings moving in the grass. it's §¨@.@.#,#,
#.¤,.#¨,£. 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 §¨¤,@¨&.§.
£,¤,£§,@§, my pockets. £.¤¨#,#,&¨
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#.@.§@.§£, then i run east toward my home. @,¤¨#,#.#.
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£.#,¤§,@£, 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. §¨§.§¨@¨@.
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