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@.¨¨¤¤#£,& pine arcades that were planted and ,&,.¤,@#.£
¤,,&.¨,£## forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤¤¨@@&.##.
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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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¤&¨#£&,¨¨¨ 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. ¨,¤¨,.¨£§¤
£¨..,¨.&@, ,@&,.,#.¨,
¤¨¨,.¨@,§# 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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