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£&¤.&.§¨#¤ pine arcades that were planted and @&.#.§¨#£,
§..¤££¤¤#¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤¨¤@¤&@#,¤
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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 ¤.&§§¨#£,#
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¤@.@¨,##.. through light, horsemint on the rocky §,¨¤¨@¨#¤.
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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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#&¤.¤..£.¨ 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 @§&¨¤£§¤§£
,§¨,§,§.,, 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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&@,##&,£,¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, ,@¨¨@¤¨§&§
.¨§#..#§@. roughly seven centimeters long. it's .§#.&,¤£,¨
¨¨&¨#.@¨.@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. .@,§#§#,¤.
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¤¤&@.,.¨§, particle board for it to dry on, but ,¨&.#£.§¤.
¤,¨.§,,.#§ she is worried and wants me to §,§§#.@#,#
.¤.¨§¤,.£¨ throw it away. .&&..@£¨&¤
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