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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. £¨...,#.£¤
£,.¤¨,#,¨§ ¨§.¨..¨¨£&
§£..§¨¨&¨¨ 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 ,.¨£,,¤,,.
,¨.,££&¨,@ 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. &¨@§,¨,.,.
.,.,§..£¨. ¨¨@@&.¨.¨.
¨¨¨,¨@¨,§¨ 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 ¨..,¨¨.,.,
.@¨@&...¤@ my pockets. §¨...,,.,¨
,¨¨###¨¨£¨ ,¤,,¨.,.¨¨
..,§.£¤¨,. then i run east toward my home. ¨.§,¨..¨.¨
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,¨,¨.¤.#£, = ¤..,£¨,..,
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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. @¨.@.,.&.&
¤£,..&,.,. ¨#,.@,¨.¨#
,#@..,¤.., 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. ,.&.,&¨.¤¨
.¨,&.£#.., £¨.£¨,@,,£
¤.¨¨¨§£@¨, 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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