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£,£¨¨£&&.# forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨#.¤££#§£#
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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 £§,£,&..¨§
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§.¨..¨,¨., 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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