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,.@.@,¨&§¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming .¨##,§¨,.&
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¤§.§.¨§..¨ already soaked up all the sun. ,.¤¨.&.§¤§
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&¨@¨##§§¨¨ 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. ,.,§@££&¤.
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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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§¨,§,¤¤,#¨ 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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