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£.¤¨£@,&,& pine arcades that were planted and £,,&.#@¨£,
&,&,,@¨§.¤ 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 ¤,@&¨¨&,@,
§,@,##¨&,§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £,,&¨§&,§.
£¨#¨,£.§.& 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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§,#.#&.&,£ 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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@.&,¤#.&.& 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. #,#§.,&.£,
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£.§¨,¤,§¨£ then i run east toward my home. @,#¤,,£.@¨
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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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