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£,,.@#@,,£ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,£,§§¨¨££.
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@,£§@.¤&.¨ 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 .¤¤,#..&£.
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,££.,,§¨¨, they had been a swampworld with sylvan &@¨..§¨¨&&
£@,@..@#.. water, stone rings and floating moss. ,,&,,##,&.
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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 §£,.,¨¨&¨.
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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. £..¨¨,.#¨¤
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&.&¨,@¤.¤¤ 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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