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