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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 £@$=:.¨,¨¨
,.¨,^-=§@@ is dark and moist, the canopy having @@§=-^,¨.,
,¨¨~~§§#¶# already soaked up all the sun. #¶#§§~~¨¨,
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,.~†@@@@## there's a river passing by, from east ##@@@@†~.,
.¨,»*§¤@## to west, getting broader and deeper and ##@¤§*»,¨.
¨.,^«*¤£## slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ##£¤*«^,.¨
,¨¨.~~§$@# 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 ##@@¤$^=:.
,,-»=§£@@# on the southern shores until i got #@@£§=»-,,
¨¨.:«†@@#@ bitten. @#@@†«:.¨¨
¨,.,:=%£&£ £&£%=:,.,¨
¨,.,.^-^§# but now i'm further back, on solid #§^-^.,.,¨
¨¨...,-=^% ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an %^=-,...¨¨
¨,..,...~^ orange tin radio and a translucent ^~...,..,¨
¨¨¨¨.,.»%* umbrella which i'm sitting on. *%».,.¨¨¨¨
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...~%£&¶@# somethings moving in the grass. it's #@¶&£%~...
.,-§&§@@## invisible to my eyes but i can feel ##@@§&§-,.
¨¨-»=%¤@## through the ground just how large it is. ##@¤%=»-¨¨
¨,¨:~%@§@# #@§@%~:¨,¨
¨,¨.:-=@§¶ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ¶§@=-:.¨,¨
,,,¨,^=§%& to get up, still looking at the &%§=^,¨,,,
¨,¨.¨,.~%§ direction of sound rather than at my §%~.,¨.¨,¨
¨¨,....,«% hands, who are busy putting things in %«,....,¨¨
,,,¨,,-«*% my pockets. %*«-,,¨,,,
,..¨¨-~*%¤ ¤%*~-¨¨..,
,¨¨.:~^*## then i run east toward my home. ##*^~:.¨¨,
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,¨^«§%¤### ; ###¤%§«^¨,
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.¨:=*%¤#@# i am not followed, and slow down in the #@#¤%*=:¨.
,¨,,«$&#@@ 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, ¤$=-,¨....
,,,..,~=§¤ and i must've picked it up with my ¤§=~,..,,,
¨.,¨:~=%&£ other belongings. £&%=~:¨,.¨
.,.-~$§££# #££§$~-.,.
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,~~=£@@@## on her stomach, feet in the air, ##@@@£=~~,
¨.,«$&&£## 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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