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..,,¨¨££,. pine arcades that were planted and §&@#¨¨.¨..
§@@¤£¨.¨¨& forgotten. wild boars roaming ,#@,¨£¤§¤@
#&@§¨.&£,, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,.¨,..§¤@§
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¤@,.¤&@§¨. 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 ,,£#£&@#¨.
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.§¤.,...,¨ 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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,¨¨¨¨##¨., 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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,¨¨@&¨,¨¨, 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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@£¤@#§#&@§ 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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