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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 .@#¨#¨§.#,
§¨&.&¨£,§¨ where the pine hands start to let ,,¤¨¤.£,&,
£¨#.&¨#,#¨ 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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@¨@,§¨§.#. 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. ¨,£¨¤,£,&.
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§.@.&,&.@¨ then i run east toward my home. ¨.§,@.§,#¨
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&.&,¤¨§.#. 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 ,@¤¨¤.£.@.
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