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