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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. §#¤.#..#,#
£¤.¨.¨.#&. ¨¨£@&,&¤#§
,§¨,.,&¨£. 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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,#@#.,.,¨@ 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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.¤£¨.@¨§.¤ somethings moving in the grass. it's &@§§¤,@&.#
¤¨#¨##&§£¤ 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. §¨¤¨,.£,..
¨¤#¨,§¨¨¤£ @@@¨,¤£.,.
@,#.§&¨#., then i run east toward my home. .,£.£,@,¨,
#§##¨&@§¨. ¨§§&@##.,§
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.,@,§.&§#@ £.¨¨,§&¤¤,
.#££§§¨,,¨ 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. ..,#.§@¤¤,
§&§.¨@¨§¤¤ ¨¨¤££,¨¨£.
,.¤,£#@,¨£ 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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