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£§,@§¨¨¨,§ forgotten. wild boars roaming &.§&,,¨¤£,
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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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¤¤§#£@,,,@ water, stone rings and floating moss. @¨&¨#,£@&£
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,.¨.#&¨¤.§ on the southern shores until i got ..¨¨.£,.,,
,¨.§.§£#£§ bitten. .,.¨#&.¨¨¨
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§£,&¤,.,§¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,§..,¤,,..
.£§.¤¨.@£@ orange tin radio and a translucent ¤¤¨¨@#..¨£
¤.£§§¨#,., umbrella which i'm sitting on. .£,¤¨¤,.#£
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,££@,¨.¨&, 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. &¨.¨.,¨,,¤
@#,&#&&,,£ £,.¨¨..,##
.¤&..,&¨§¨ 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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