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.,¤&¨..¨.. pine arcades that were planted and &.¨##@¤@&§
.¨.¨¨§£§## forgotten. wild boars roaming .¨¨¨@¤@&£¨
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¨@¤¨...§., to west, getting broader and deeper and @&¨.@¤#.¨¨
,.¨,££.,,§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¤,.,,¤.,&£
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,¨.,§@..,£ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤¨.¨¨§£#&@
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@#¤¤@#£§&¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. .,§¤..¤&£&
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£§£#§§¤¤## 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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¨,@@.¨.¨¨¨ 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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#§£,¨..¤§¤ 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 ¤§&##§§§££
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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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