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§..#,¨,§,, pine arcades that were planted and ¨¨.@.@&§¤§
,#¨@&..#£. forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨.¤&&¨¨..
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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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.¤.¨@¤,¤£§ 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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,§£,¨.@¨§£ 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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&¨¨.¨¨,¨¨, 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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.#¨¨£¨,..§ 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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