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,.¤.,,¨,,¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨§¤£.,¨@.,
,¨¤£..¨¨,, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it .¤¨.@.¨¤£.
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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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§,.§§&@&,¨ through the ground just how large it is. #£..@@&¨#¤
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.,#¨,#@,¤§ 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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