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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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#¨@¨¤#.&¨¤ 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. ¤.§¨#.§.&,
£,§¨@#¨£.& ¤¨§.#¨@.#.
@.#,.§,@.# 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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