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#¨@,¤,¤¨#, pine arcades that were planted and .@&,£.¤¨#¨
£¨¤,@.#,#. 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 ,,¤¨§.#.£¨
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¤¨&.@,£,§¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky .§£.£,&.&¨
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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 ..&¨¤.#,#.
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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. ,.§.#.§¨&.
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@¨&,§.¤¨¤¨ then i run east toward my home. ¨.§¨£.§,#.
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§.§¨&.£,¤¨ clearing where you at first can spot ,#¤,§,§.§,
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¤¨#,¤,£,£¨ 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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@,#¨#,@.@. 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. ¨§§.£.¤.¤¨
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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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