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