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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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§,.¨£#&@., 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. §&,£,@@.£§
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¤¨¨¨§¤¤,£# 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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&,&£¨¨£.¨, 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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¨&,#..¤§.. 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 ..¨,£¨¤..#
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§.£¨,&,¤§¤ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ,,£,¨¨@£.&
¤§§¨¤£#,¨¨ and i must've picked it up with my .££,¨&.##.
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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 §¨§,,@&.§£
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