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