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£¨£¨¤¨.¤,¨ 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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¤,§,&,¤@,§ 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. £&¨.#,#.¤,
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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. .¤,@¤¨¤¨¤.
§,£¨@¨¨@¨. §@.,§,@.&¨
¤¨&.&¨@@,& 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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@.§¨#.,#,, 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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