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.@,§£,@.¤. forgotten. wild boars roaming .£.£,£.¤,#
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.#¨.§¨@¨@. already soaked up all the sun. £§.@.@,¤,&
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.§,££,@.&. 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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.&.¤@.¤¨@. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,#¨£.#,@¨£
¨&..&¨¤.§. orange tin radio and a translucent §¤.¤.@,£¨#
,&,§£,§,&. umbrella which i'm sitting on. .§¨&,&.¤.@
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,#..@.&¨@¨ 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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