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&.¨.,#,&#& pine arcades that were planted and ¤#.,.#@£,.
@@..,§§@,¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,.§.,¤.¨&,
&,§¨,§,¨£, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤,@@,#§,#@
.#¤&¨§£.@§ 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 ..§¨¨£@§@¨
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££.¨¨..¨¤. river bed. @¨@.#@@.¨§
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,££¨#¨¨,§# ¨,&¨.¤§¤..
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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. .¤#.@£....
&¨£.,§&£¨¨ ,£¨£&.&,,¨
&###.§,¨§. 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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#¤.¨¤¤¤@#¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's .¤¨¨.¨&§.#
¨,¤¨&,¨.¨& invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤@@,,¨¤,§¤
§.§@#@...§ through the ground just how large it is. @¨,@¨¨#&#,
¤@£,.¨#¨¨£ .#¨¤¤.#¨¨&
.,¨§,¨@¤.£ 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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¨#.,§&#§£, 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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