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&,£¨,£¨£.¨ pine arcades that were planted and &¨&§¨¨£¨£.
@.¤.§¤¨#.£ forgotten. wild boars roaming §,,&.#@.#¨
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&.§.¤£.@,# is dark and moist, the canopy having #¨¨@¨£§,@,
#.&¨.@¨#.. 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. #.,¤¨#¤¨¤.
§¨£¨¨¤,#¨, 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. &..§¨£§¨&¨
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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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¤,#.#&,§.¤ 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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