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#.£#,¨.&&@ pine arcades that were planted and ,&,§§.,,..
¨.§&¤¨.§,£ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,,¨£&#,,..
¨¨@.¤§.,¨& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it £¨,&,@@¨..
,.,.£££..£ 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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¨¨¨§&§..&¨ 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. &&§¨,#,#£¨
,,£.¨,@,,¨ £.££¨,¨¤&#
§,¨@,¨,#¨, 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. ¨¨.,@¨¤¤..
,&,&§.¨#¨, .¨.¨..£§&,
¨,¨¤¤&.¨#, 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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