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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 £&,@,¨@#&#
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.@.£@,#¨,& through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤¨,@@&¨.#@
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¨.,@,#§¨,¨ 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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£,§¨,.,§¨, 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 .&@¨¨.,§¤&
.&.¨¤,#,., 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. #,¨@,@#..#
¤.&¨@#¨¨.§ ¤.#£§.@,&&
¤&§¤,¤,,¤. 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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