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..,:^^*@££ pine arcades that were planted and ££@*^^:,..
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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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.,~:†*$&§¶ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¶§&$*†:~,.
.^-\§£§£## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##£§£§\-^.
.~~^$@@@@# you could've found me wallowing around #@@@@$^~~.
¨:-\*§&@## on the southern shores until i got ##@&§*\-:¨
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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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¨,«;%$££@# invisible to my eyes but i can feel #@££$%;«,¨
¨.,-~~«*&# through the ground just how large it is. #&*«~~-,.¨
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,¨,»^;%§@# to get up, still looking at the #@§%;^»,¨,
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.~~\†@&@## hands, who are busy putting things in ##@&@†\~~.
¨^=;=§££## my pockets. ##££§=;=^¨
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.~=†%§&#¶# then i run east toward my home. #¶#&§%†=~.
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¨-»^%%&#£# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #£#&%%^»-¨
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,,¨¨¨,/*&§ 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. &£=^»¨...,
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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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