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,^~=$*#### forgotten. wild boars roaming ####*$=~^,
.¨.«**@¤@@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @@¤@**«.¨.
.,.~=^†¤@@ is dark and moist, the canopy having @@¤†^=~.,.
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,,,:~:=@@¶ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¶@@=:~:,,,
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,~=†*$@£## where the pine hands start to let ##£@$*†=~,
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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 #@&¤†*~,,.
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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. #@#@¤$\»:,
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..¨,=;%§#@ then i run east toward my home. @#§%;=,¨..
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,.:=/%&¤@# clearing where you at first can spot #@¤&%/=:.,
.,~^**#¶## the house, not yet really in the ##¶#**^~,.
,,,=*=$&¶# 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 @#@$†:«,.¨
.¨.:==§¤&@ other belongings. @&¤§==:.¨.
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.,,»^§&@@@ 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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