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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 @§%\»-.,.,
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¨.,:«;$££# the  riverbanks reek  of magic.  tonight #££$;«:,.¨
..,¨--\†&# 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 ##@¶@**~~.
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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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,.,~«=*@@# 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 ###¤$^=:,,
¨-~:^@@###               my pockets.                ###@@^:~-¨
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¨,.~»^$&¶# then  i  run  east   toward   my   home. #¶&$^»~.,¨
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.:~*$#¶### i am not followed, and  slow down in the ###¶#$*~:.
¨,^=**#@## clearing  where  you at first  can  spot ##@#**=^,¨
¨.¨,=/^@@# the  house,  not   yet  really   in  the #@@^/=,¨.¨
.,.,,=/=¤# backyard. from my  pockets i retrieve my #¤=/=,,.,.
.¨¨,=\*#@# radio  (now  dented)  but  also  a small #@#*\=,¨¨.
.,.==*@@## clay  figure i've never seen  before. it ##@@*==.,.
,-~=*@@@## must  have  been laying in the wet dirt, ##@@@*=~-,
,,.~^^¤@## and i  must've  picked  it  up  with  my ##@¤^^~.,,
.,,-~\%£@@            other belongings.             @@£%\~-,,.
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..¨^~/=¤#@ it's a  statuette of a girl laying naked @#¤=/~^¨..
,¨,-=^£@## on  her  stomach,  feet   in   the  air, ##@£^=-,¨,
.^-**§@###   roughly seven centimeters long. it's   ###@§**-^.
¨¨~=*%§#@# freshly made, not yet completely  dried. #@#§%*=~¨¨
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,,.¨:»/^&@ my mom is  here now. i  ask her for some @&^/»:¨.,,
..,.~†=£#@ particle board  for  it to  dry  on, but @#£=†~.,..
.,~~\$#@@# she   is  worried  and   wants   me   to #@@#$\~~,.
¨,=**#£@##              throw it away.              ##@£#**=,¨
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