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@,¨¨¨.,.£¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤,.,¨¨¨&.,
@#¨,¨.,,@, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it &@,,¨¨.£@.
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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 §@££@.,¤&¨
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.¨£&¤,§¨.£ on the southern shores until i got @@¨¨§,#&#,
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£#,£&,,#£& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨,¨¨.§#§¨.
£,&£¨&.¤¨, orange tin radio and a translucent ¤¨¨¨,§¨,@.
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£#¨,,&.£¨¨ 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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