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..¨.¤#¨.@¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming §&.£.&§¨¨,
.¨.¤,£¨@¤¤ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,#§§#.§¨.¨
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&£.¤&..¨&, to west, getting broader and deeper and .@@,@£&¨@#
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§¨£@#.£¨§¨ where the pine hands start to let @@.&.£.#.¨
&@.¨#¤£&¤¨ 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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,¤¤£.,¨.§. 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 §..#,,¨@@#
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£,,,&¨.#.. 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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