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¤¨£¨§¨£.#@ pine arcades that were planted and ¨§.¤.#£.£.
§,&.¤.#¨.@ forgotten. wild boars roaming .#.§..@,£.
#,#,&¨§,§§ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨&¨£.@¤.&,
§¨£,§,£,.@ 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 .@.#.¤§,#.
§¨¤.§,¤,¨¤ 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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#,¤,£,£,,@ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¨#,&.,#¨#¨
&.£.&.@,£§ 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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£.&¨@¨£.¨§ 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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