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,,.&,¨£,,¨ pine arcades that were planted and ¤¨,¤,&&.,§
&,,.#¨,£,. 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 ,@@,,¨¤@@,
,¨.£#£¨,£. 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. &#¨.&,.¨.#
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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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.¨@§@¨.@¨, 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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