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.#.££.¤.,@ pine arcades that were planted and §¨&##¨.§.¨
&¤&,£§£¨£# forgotten. wild boars roaming £¤.¨&.§&.¨
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@¤##&@¤¤¤& 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 ,,,¤¨¨,#@.
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¨,¨@,@§£.. 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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,.@@@&.@@¤ 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 ,¤¨@@£&#£&
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¤.§¤£#.§., 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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,,§§,.,.¨@ 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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