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¤¨@,#¨£¨@. pine arcades that were planted and @.§¨.@,@¤,
&¨¤,#.£.¤¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming #,¤¨#¤,,&,
#,@¨#¨@¨£¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #.&¨¨#,@#,
@¨@,£.&¨&. is dark and moist, the canopy having @¨@¨#¤¨,£¨
#¨@.§.@¨§¨ 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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