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#¨§.,£,.,, pine arcades that were planted and §@¤,..¨@&¨
£&§.##..,, forgotten. wild boars roaming .¨#,,.@.¤§
..@@.@.¨,£ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨&&¨,&@£¨¨
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¤§@¨,&¨¤¨. already soaked up all the sun. #&##&¨¤&¨¨
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§¨&§.¤..,@ 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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¨¨&¨,#@,.@ 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. ,,¤.£&@¤@#
,@&,¨.@..@ ¨¤§#.,.,.,
#,@¨.@¤,@, 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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¨,@,,@£,@. 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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