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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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@&¨¨@,£.&& there's a river passing by, from east ¤£¨&,£¨@#.
.¤¨@§.#.,¤ 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. ,£.&,£¨.&¨
£#¨¨¤¨¤,#@ ¤¤¨@.£.§£¨
¨&.¤¤¨§,¨§ 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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,#¨£#,§.,& 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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