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#@§¨.,,¤£# forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨§£¤¨¨¨,.,
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.¨¨¨,¤.§§. they had been a swampworld with sylvan .,¨.&&£,,,
..,..¨¨&¤# water, stone rings and floating moss. .¨¨¨§¨#¤¨,
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§,#&¨¨.,¨¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .¨,£#&¨¨.¨
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&¨¨&¨&§.¨, to get up, still looking at the ..¨#,¨.¨&¤
@§,,,§¤@.. direction of sound rather than at my ....¤,¨.@,
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@¨@@.,.@#§ my pockets. .,¨.,¨&,¨¨
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...¨¨&.¨., backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,@&.,¨#§§,
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£..,¨,,&.. clay figure i've never seen before. it .£¨£#¨.¨¤&
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###,¨..¨,£ and i must've picked it up with my .¨.¤,#&¨.,
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&&.,¤.¤§¨¨ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨.#¤#,.,,£
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,§&#,,¤¨#@ ¨.¨¨@§£,.¨
.¤.&@..,@¤ my mom is here now. i ask her for some ,¨,.¤,§&..
,¨.¤#£¨.£, particle board for it to dry on, but ¨.,,,¨£££,
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&¨¨,,§£¤.. throw it away. §#,..,.¨##
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