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¨£¨#,&&.§, pine arcades that were planted and &.&,@.¤¨@¨
&@.§¨,£¨#, forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤,§,£¨£,#.
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§§¨&,¨@¨¤. is dark and moist, the canopy having §.¤,#.&¨¤¨
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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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£#¨¤¨¨@¨§. 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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@£.@.,&.@¨ 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. ¤,§.¤,£,&¨
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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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