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..~;*&@@## 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. ^:^.,.¨...
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.,,,¨^\^%& 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. ##£&%^\...
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....-*$%§@ : @§%$*-....
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.,.,¨¨,:†@ 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 ###£§%†;^.
¨..;*$£¶## ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ##¶£$*;..¨
.,.-*%$#¶# orange tin radio and a translucent #¶#$%*-.,.
¨,..,=*$£@ umbrella which i'm sitting on. @£$*=,..,¨
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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. @§%=†,¨¨,,
..¨^:^%¤## ##¤%^:^¨..
¨¨^††&§¶## 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. $*^~,,,,¨¨
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¨.¨,^;*§¤# i am not followed, and slow down in the #¤§*;^,¨.¨
¨¨.,;*£§#@ clearing where you at first can spot @#§£*;,.¨¨
,.-=*%¤@## the house, not yet really in the ##@¤%*=-.,
¨-^%£&@@## backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ##@@&£%^-¨
¨¨:/^£@£@# radio (now dented) but also a small #@£@£^/:¨¨
¨,¨~\*£§## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##§£*\~¨,¨
¨¨,.-/%&§¶ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¶§&%/-.,¨¨
..¨.¨.==&£ and i must've picked it up with my £&==.¨.¨..
,¨¨¨¨¨:;=% other belongings. %=;:¨¨¨¨¨,
.,..¨,,^*% %*^,,¨..,.
....,,~;†£ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked £†;~,,....
.,.,.:†**@ on her stomach, feet in the air, @**†:.,.,.
¨¨¨¨~^§§@¶ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¶@§§^~¨¨¨¨
¨,¨^;$%### 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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