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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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.£,#¨¨#,£¨ 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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,£.#,¤&,¤¨ 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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.@.£¨,¤¨¤, 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 ¨¤.¤¨@,#.#
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