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¨&¨&¨£¨&.£ pine arcades that were planted and £&.§¨§¤,§,
£#¨§¨@¨£.£ forgotten. wild boars roaming .&¨§¨¨£.¤.
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.&.§.§¨§ is dark and moist, the canopy having ,£,#.,§,&,
,£¨#¨¤.¤¨@ 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 @@.£¨¤£,¤,
@§,§,@¨@,¤ 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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,&¨@¨&¨§,& 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 .£,&,.£¨¤¨
¨¤¨#,#,£¨¤ 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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@#.&¨£¨§,§ 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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