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,¨.&¨¨¤.&# forests around my childhood home. thick ,,@¤#,¨.¤.
,¨¨,§,.¨£§ pine arcades that were planted and .,@¨@&¨,.#
@.,,.@.,#. 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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#¤,,,&¨.,. there's a river passing by, from east ¤.,.§,,.£,
££§,.¨§¨¨, 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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..£¨,,&¨£# ,&¨.¨¨¤@&.
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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. &@¨¨¨@,,..
¨,.#,,.¨#£ @&¤,.,@,,¨
¨,.¨£¨,,@¨ : §.¤@,¨,#,.
¨,¨..§,,¨. ¨¨@§#¨.,§,
¨,¨...@,,¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's ,.@¨¤@.,,#
£,¨,¨,,£,¨ 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. ¨&¨.,,§¨,.
,¨@#§,,¨£, ,¨¤¨.,.£,,
¨,#.¤¤¨..@ then i run east toward my home. ,¨,#..,¨@.
,..,#¤£,.. .¨,,¤.,¨,@
#¨..¤.§#,, = ,.,¨,£,..,
.#.,¨¨@§&¨ @.¨,.,@.¨¨
,¨#,,,@,&& i am not followed, and slow down in the @#¨,.,¨§..
,.¨£.,.,@§ 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. ,,,&¨,,,@¨
..¤,@¤..., @¨.¨#¨..,§
§..,¤#@¨¨, 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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