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§¨§,§§.£,& forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨@,#..&,,
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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 @.@,¤.¤¤,¤
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&,@,¤¤.¤,§ water, stone rings and floating moss. #.@.@.,&,¨
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@,§¨&£¨¤.§ on the southern shores until i got &.£.£..§¨.
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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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&¨£,¤#.@.§ 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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