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£.@,,&.¤.# forgotten. wild boars roaming .#¨§¨§¨#&.
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@,#¨&#.#¨¤ already soaked up all the sun. ¨¤,§.§¨.#.
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¤,§.,&,§.§ where the pine hands start to let ¨£¨#¨¤¨§@,
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§,¤,@&¨£,¤ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,&¨§¨@,,#.
¤,&..#.#,§ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,@,§,&.#£¨
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§,@¨¨¤¨¤.# 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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£¨#.¨§,@.§ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ,#,&.§.@@,
&.@.&¤¨§.§ to get up, still looking at the ¨£,£¨@¨,§,
@.@.,&¨#,£ direction of sound rather than at my ,&,§,@¨¤@.
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@.¤.,¤¨@,@ my pockets. ,§¨§¨@¨#£,
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£,¤..§¨&¨# then i run east toward my home. ¨¤¨¤,#¨#&,
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#.£¨,£.§,& 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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