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@,¨¤&,¨¨,£ forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨.@#@&£@@
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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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,..¨¨..,¨@ 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. @§&£¤§£¤¤@
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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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