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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. &,@¨£.¤¨#,
§,¤,§,@,£, 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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#,#,¤.§,£¨ 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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