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