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¤&,#,#¨#.£ pine arcades that were planted and £.&.§,£¨&.
.@,@,§¨#,¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming £,@.£¨¤.&¨
£¤¨@.&¨£¨& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #¨£,£,§.@.
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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 @.#¨£¨£.&.
§&.£.¤,@,# bitten. ¤,£,@.¤,¤¨
.§.¤,¤¨§,& @,#,§¨@¨@.
§§¨&.#¨¤,# 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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§#.&.£,§¨¤ ¤.#,¤,@¨£.
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&&.&¨@,§,@ 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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&@¨£.¤¨¤.@ 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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