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#,¨¨.¨&.,§ forgotten. wild boars roaming @,&¤§,#@,&
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.@.§£,#£,. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨¤,,@,,£,@
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&@¤@£§.¨¨& water, stone rings and floating moss. ..¤¨¨,,¨£¨
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.¨¨¨#&¨£¤§ 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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&.@¤¨@#¨,# 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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£@.#,¨.¨#¨ 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 £,@£,@#¨,,
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¤,@£&&@¨,# and i must've picked it up with my ¨&&¨&§£¨£#
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.@,£§.#&.¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, §,¨.,.,,¨.
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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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