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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 .§¨,§.¤&,¨
¨..¨.#,.,@ river bed. ,¨#,.¨#££.
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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. @¨.@¨¨....
,.£¨¨&,..¨ £¤¨¨£¨.¨¨¨
,¨.#¨,@¨.. then i run east toward my home. ,§#¨,§..¨,
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,¨,¨¨£,,@¨ ; ¨&.#£,¨§¨.
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,¨,¨..,£.. i am not followed, and slow down in the &,,&¨£#.,#
@,.¨.¨.¨#. 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. #.,.¨.&§#.
.,¨@&£,.@, @§¨.¨.¤¨@#
£,,@,§#¨¨& 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. ,.,£¤@.¨¨.
..@¤¤,.¤,& ¨,.@¨&#.¨¨
,,§,£#,,,£ 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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