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.,,¤#@¨,§, forgotten. wild boars roaming &§££,¨¨¤,,
,¨,#¨¨&¨#& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤,,,#.¨§&.
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£,.§.@&¨,§ already soaked up all the sun. ,,¤,§,§¤¤@
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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 ,,&¨§§¨#£&
..£&.§¨.#& through light, horsemint on the rocky ,.§&#¨#&.¨
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.¤¨,&.£..¤ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¤.¨.¨,¤.&¨
,&&¨#¤£§.& water, stone rings and floating moss. ,&.,,¨&&@§
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£,#§.&¨,@, on the southern shores until i got £#,§¨¨§@,,
¤@&.£&&,&¤ bitten. #¨¤¤£.&.&¨
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.&##£#@§§# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,¤.£&£§...
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.&&¨,,,,¨, umbrella which i'm sitting on. §#¨,#,¨#&,
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§&@¨,@¨@¨& to get up, still looking at the #¤,¨¨..,.&
.¨.¤.££#£# 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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.@@#,¨@#¨@ 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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