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#¨@,¨¨¨,#£ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¨#§¨,,§.@
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@,&.¤¤¨,#. already soaked up all the sun. ¤@#¨..£§#¨
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§¨.,,§,..¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨¤§#,@£¨§&
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.#§,,£.@¨§ where the pine hands start to let .¤£¨&,£¤,#
§&¨£.¤¤§£@ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤&.#&§£¨&§
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&&,.@¨.¨¨. water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨&¤@¨¨¨,,.
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§§§#£,¤¨,, on the southern shores until i got ..¤,¤§..,,
£¨¨..@¤£,¨ bitten. ¨¨&&§,#¨,.
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¨¨,.¤##¤¨& orange tin radio and a translucent @,¨.@¨.§£.
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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 ,,&..,£§.&
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##.£¤@&.,¨ my pockets. .@#¨&.§@#.
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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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,.¨¤§¨¨¨¨£ 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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