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¤&¨¨¨¨¤¤#¨ forests around my childhood home. thick ¤.,.¨,,¨.@
.¤£,¨,§,@£ 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. ,,..¨@¨.¨,
.,,.¨£#&¨, ...¨..&,,.
¨¨¨,,&,§@, 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. ¨,#,@£,,¨.
.¨,&¨¨¨,., ,.¨.§§£,,,
¨,,.£,,¨,, \ ¤.,.@.£#¨¨
¨¨,,,¤¨.¨. ¤&....&£#,
¨..,¨,@¨., the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight .@&,..¤¨@@
§.,..¨¨§., 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. .,,§.,.¨,¤
.¤@¤...¨&# ¨.¨,¤¨.¨.¨
¨¤¨¤£..¨§. : &.,¨,§....
,.,&¤@.,.. @@,¨.¨¤.¨.
,.,§.¤&.,¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's #§&,.¨.&..
.¨¨.¨¤@£¨, invisible to my eyes but i can feel £,§§.,.¨¤.
.¨¨,,¤¨#@, through the ground just how large it is. ,.#££.¨¨.&
@¨¨¨¨.,@¤¤ ..¤.&#,,..
.@,,,¨.£¨§ 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. ¨..¨@..,,¨
@¨&#...,@, #¨.¨,&¨.,.
,,#£¤,,,.# = .£,...&...
.¨£¨#§¨,,, ..@...,£,,
.,..##&¨.. 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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.§@#¨.,,£& ,,#¨¨,.¨,.
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,.¨¤&&¨,.¨ ,.,,@.¨.¨¨
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