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.¤¨.@,£¨@, forests around my childhood home. thick #.@.&#,#¤,
¤¤,&#,¤.&¨ pine arcades that were planted and #¨£¨.#,,&,
.@,¨¤.§.@. forgotten. wild boars roaming @¨§,§§¨§@¨
&&¨@£¨¤,&¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it £¨¤¨¨¤,¨§.
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#¤¨@#¨&¨#¨ already soaked up all the sun. §.¤..@..§¨
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#£¨@@,@,£¨ there's a river passing by, from east #,§¨,¤¨¨@,
.#,.£.£,£¨ 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 @.¤,,&¨,§,
,§¨,#¨§,&. river bed. ¤¨£¨¤@¨#£,
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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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.@¨,@.&¨¤. somethings moving in the grass. it's @,&.&§¨§&,
@&.#&,&.@¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel #¨¤¨.§,¨£¨
¨&¨¨#¨#.£¨ through the ground just how large it is. §,#¨§£.@§,
§#.£§,§,&. £,¤,,§,¨&,
.&,.§¨#¨¤. 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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¨§¨.§¨£¨¤. i am not followed, and slow down in the §,¤,&§,§&¨
#@¨&#.£.§. 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. §¨¤¨,£¨.¤.
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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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