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¨¨&¤,..@¨¤ pine arcades that were planted and ¨#.@£.¨¨,.
.#.#,.@¤@. forgotten. wild boars roaming ##§,£¨,¨..
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£§¨.¨#.¨¨¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤#,¨&#,,.¨
.&¨.§£,..& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨@,@.#¨..&
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.¤@¤¤£.#&. through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨,¨.,§.&.,
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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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,.¨¨#¨,#¤# 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. ¨,,§.&,.§@
.#¨,,.,.@# .,#£§¤,@¨.
¤¤¨¨,,¨#¨, 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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,¨@.£@£@¨, 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. ..,¤,§,&.¨
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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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