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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 ££.£#&,¤,¨
§&@¨£,§..¨ 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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@¨#§@¤&.¨@ 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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§¨,&¤.¨&#. 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 ¨¨@§¤,§,¤¨
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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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