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¤.£.§¨¤¨£. pine arcades that were planted and .#¨¨¤.&.¤¨
@¨§.§,#¨£. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,@.££¨@.§.
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&¨§,#,&¨£, 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 .¤¨.§¨¤,¤¨
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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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¤.§,@¨&¨¤. 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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