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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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,¨¨¨..¨¨¨, 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 $/~¨,,,¨,¨
.¨¨.,.~;=@ river bed. @=;~.,.¨¨.
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.=;=%¤@### they had been a swampworld with sylvan ###@¤%=;=.
..-/*¤#£## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##£#¤*/-..
.¨¨~:†*&@@ you could've found me wallowing around @@&*†:~¨¨.
¨¨,.=/=¤§£ on the southern shores until i got £§¤=/=.,¨¨
¨,.,¨»/†%§ bitten. §%†/»¨,.,¨
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¨..¨.¨.~** but now i'm further back, on solid **~.¨.¨..¨
..¨.,.¨¨~/ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an /~¨¨.,.¨..
,.,,,¨¨..= orange tin radio and a translucent =..¨¨,,,.,
.,¨,,,,..¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨..,,,,¨,.
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¨.,¨,,,.¨¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¨¨.,,,¨,.¨
¨¨,,¨.¨¨.. invisible to my eyes but i can feel ..¨¨.¨,,¨¨
.....,¨,,¨ through the ground just how large it is. ¨,,¨,.....
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.¨..¨.¨,.. the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ..,¨.¨..¨.
¨.,,¨,..¨= to get up, still looking at the =¨..,¨,,.¨
¨,,¨,¨.,-= direction of sound rather than at my =-,.¨,¨,,¨
..,,¨¨,~/% hands, who are busy putting things in %/~,¨¨,,..
.¨¨¨.¨=;§& my pockets. &§;=¨.¨¨¨.
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,,.,»††%¤@ then i run east toward my home. @¤%††»,.,,
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¨.,»:%$§@# 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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