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#£.&,.#¨,# pine arcades that were planted and .£.¨£¨£¨#¨
.§¨@,&¤,¤¤ 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 .#.,¤,@.§¨
.£,@¨#@.&§ 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. .@.,@,#.&¨
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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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