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,¤@.,£.¨.@ 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 ¨.#¨¤.&#.@
,£¤.#£.¨&@ 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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¤¨..¨@£.#¨ 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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