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