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,¨#§,#¤¤.§ forgotten. wild boars roaming §£#£¨¤,§.¨
,#,¤£..£#@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨¨¨#@@&&¨.
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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 ¨#¨#.£&&@.
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¤,,¨,,#.§§ 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. @¤.¨#£&.£,
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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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£§.¨§,,¨¨§ 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 ¨£&@.§££#.
.¤#@¨¨,¨§& hands, who are busy putting things in #.,#£¨,,##
&..#¨..&,, 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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¨&&§.¤&,.§ 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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