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¤.&¨&,§.@. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,&,@§.£,§,
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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 ¨&,.¤.#,#.
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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. ,¤.¤£¨¤¨¤,
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@¨¤.£¨§,#¨ on the southern shores until i got ¨¤,§&.§¨¤.
£¨&.¤¨#,#. bitten. ¨§.¨&¨#,#.
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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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§.#.#¨¤,&, 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 ,£..&.§¨@.
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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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