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§,£¤,.¨,£¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming §@¨.,@&¤¨.
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&¨.,@@£¨¨, already soaked up all the sun. ,§.@£,,@,§
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#¨¨¤.&£,,, through light, horsemint on the rocky §....¨.&.¤
¤§¨¨¨@§§¨, river bed. ¨¤,¨.,.,¨@
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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 ££§,,£.¤@¨
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£,,#¨¨.&#@ 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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&,.@,@£¨¨¤ #§£¨.,.,§#
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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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