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&#¨,¨¤£,.. forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,.@,§@,¤&
.,§.,#,@,. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨..&@§¨@§¨
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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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&,¨,§.§##, 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. ¨¨¤¨¤#,.&&
¨,.¨@,¤,&. ..#@£,§,§,
¨¨¨.¤@§¤§£ 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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¤¨¨.¤#¤¨&¨ 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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#£,£.@£¨¤¤ 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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