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£§,.,&£¨,. pine arcades that were planted and .,&¨¨#,¤.#
..&,,@¨¤., forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨££,@§&¤@
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,§,@£.,#¤# water, stone rings and floating moss. ,§£@¤&.&,.
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£&§,§¨.,,@ bitten. @&¨§,¨#§,#
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@,¨&¨,§.,§ but now i'm further back, on solid .¤¤¨.¤¤#@.
¤#,¤£,£§,# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &§,¤¨£,¨,¤
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..¨¨#£..§§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤#.§.¤.¨£&
@,,,#¨&,&¨ 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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#@£§.¤£¨&£ 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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