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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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.,#,¨¨,.¨. invisible to my eyes but i can feel ,..¨,.#¨,#
@,¨§¨,.¨.. through the ground just how large it is. ,¨,,..¨£.,
.§.¨¤¨¨.¨, ¨,,.,..,&,
.¨¤¨,#¨..¨ 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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