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.¨§¨§@¨¨,@ forgotten. wild boars roaming .,...,,&££
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.¨.@&@,¨£. to west, getting broader and deeper and .,,¤¤£.¨.¨
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,,,,,§£@¨¨ where the pine hands start to let ,£¨,.§£§..
.¨,,.#,&¤, 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 ¨¨.,¨@¨#@¨
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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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¨£,.&¨¨.., 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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,¨.¨¤¨£¤.¨ 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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.#£@¨,,,&& 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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