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