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