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¨.¨,@¨¨¤,. forests around my childhood home. thick ¤¨,¨,¨¨¨£,
¨,..¨¤,¨&¨ 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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.¨¨,.¤,¨,. there's a river passing by, from east ....¨¨¨¤..
.¨,.,,@,¨¨ 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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,¨¨.£.,.¨¨ ^ ¤,.,.¤¨,,.
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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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§¨.¨@¤¤¨¨§ = ,,¤¨,.@¨,,
,£.,£¨§¤¨¨ ..,#.¨¨#.¨
,¨£,¨.§#@. i am not followed, and slow down in the ¨.,,§...£¨
...&¨¨£.@§ 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. ¨..¨#.,§.¨
¨,.§¨,¨@¨¨ .,...£..£,
¨¨¨.@,¨¨&, 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. ¨.,@,.,..&
§,,#.,¨¨£¨ ,..,#¨¨,.,
,£.,£,.¨.@ 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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