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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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&,£.,#.§,& 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 #,#¨§#¨@..
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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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#¨§¨@&.§,@ 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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