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&.£,#.£¨&@ pine arcades that were planted and ¨¤¤¨#,¤¨#¨
@¨#.¤¨§¨,§ 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 ,¤@,&¨£.@¨
@¨¤.¤,#¨,# 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. .&¤¨£¨§,#¨
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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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£,@,¤.@,&£ 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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