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&@¨#¨#.,¤¨ pine arcades that were planted and ¨.@.@,@¨¤¨
,#,#¨@,¤#. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,££¨§¨@¨#,
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,&¨£.&,§&¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and .£@¨§.@¨@¨
¤&.£,¤¨¨¤, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨¨#.#¨¤.¤,
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@§.£,¤¨¨#, 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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££¨§.@.,@, to get up, still looking at the .¨§.£¨£¨&.
,#¨£¨§,#@. direction of sound rather than at my .£§¨£.¤.#¨
&¤,§,§¨.#. hands, who are busy putting things in .,¤,&¨¤¨#¨
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¨§.&¨@,&#. then i run east toward my home. .¤@.¤,¤,£,
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#@,#,&,¨&. clearing where you at first can spot ¨,¤.&.#,#¨
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@#.£,§¨¨#. 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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