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,..¨.¨&¤§, pine arcades that were planted and ..@£@.,..§
¤.¨¨¨.§¨££ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,.£,§§,.,,
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.¨#,,¨..§, is dark and moist, the canopy having £.¨,¤,¤@¨¨
..,&¨.¨.¨¨ 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 ¤.,.,§§§,.
,.@.§£..¨. river bed. ,#.,,#.££,
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¨@.@¤¨,.&. water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¨##§¨¨&¨.
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¨.¨@.&£,¨¨ 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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¨@,,&¨&#,. 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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#,.¤,,@¨¨¤ = ,¨,¨,¤¤¤..
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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 ¨.##£,.¨..
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.¨¨&¨#£,¨£ and i must've picked it up with my ,¨..#@&.,.
,....§@£,, other belongings. .,,,&,#§¨¨
¨,,,,&¨§@, ¨.¨,¨¨§¤£,
,,¨¨,¨,£#§ 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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