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¨.,^»*=£## forests around my childhood home.  thick ##£=*»^,.¨
..~==%#@@# 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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,,,=†%£@## there's a  river passing  by,  from east ##@£%†=,,,
,.»;*§¶### 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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,.,-«††&¶@ the  riverbanks  reek of magic.  tonight @¶&††«-,.,
..,,,~*†£@ 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 ###££%;~-,
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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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...-~;*@@@ somethings  moving in  the  grass.  it's @@@*;~-...
¨.-»=$£#@# invisible to my  eyes  but  i  can  feel #@#£$=»-.¨
¨.~=†&£@## 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 ####**~:,¨
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¨,,~«*=§## then   i  run   east  toward   my  home. ##§=*«~,,¨
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,-=:$§¶### i am not followed, and slow down  in the ###¶§$:=-,
,¨:«;%£¶## 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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