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