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§,¨.#,..@. 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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¨@.#..,#¨# water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨.#,£§£.@.
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¨¨¨¤,&¨.,@ on the southern shores until i got &,.¤¨@.¨¤¤
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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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@,£,¨¨&,¨£ 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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&.§.§,£@.¨ 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 &.£,&¨¨£§¨
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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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