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&£.#££#@#§ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤,&@§&¨#.,
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,¨¨#§¤,¨,¨ already soaked up all the sun. .¨,£#¨§@¨@
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##..@#,&@£ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,§@,@.¤.§¤
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,¨§§¤&#,&, through light, horsemint on the rocky ,,§§,¨¨¨,¤
§,&¨,¨.@£& river bed. ..&.&.,,.§
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.&.£,&,@¨. 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 §¨,§@£,@@.
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@.¤,,£@¨,§ 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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