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¨&§.@,,¤¨¨ pine arcades that were planted and £&£#¨¨¨#¨,
¨@.#£&,&£¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming .,.,£.,§¤,
¨@¤#¨¨@@.§ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it £.¨¨#&.@.@
&¤¨,§¨£,§¤ is dark and moist, the canopy having ¨&.,@.&&@¤
¨,@,¤§££§, 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 §.¨@¤.¨,&£
£¤§..&,&,¨ 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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.,§,¨#&,.& = @&,§.,¨@£.
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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. §§@.,&£¨&,
.,#¨.#,,,@ .,¨@.§.#¤¤
&¨@@.¤#,¨£ 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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@¤.&,¤@@¤& 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. ,£.,..,.¨¨
¨&.¨§.&.@¨ ¤#¤.,,.¨,,
.&§.&@@§£& 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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