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,:=†*@£### forests around my childhood  home. thick ###£@*†=:,
¨,,-*%£&£# 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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¨.~~\†@£@# there's  a river passing  by, from  east #@£@†\~~.¨
,-~^%¤§@## 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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,-~=$§££## the  riverbanks  reek of magic.  tonight ##££§$=~-,
¨.~-††&#@# 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 ###£§^;~-¨
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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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,.=**&§@## 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.             ##@¤£%†~~,
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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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