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,¨,,.¨¨.#& pine arcades that were planted and #,,&&.¨£#¨
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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 ¤¤§¨,.¨.,,
.¨£.¨&£¨.£ river bed. @¤¨,§#@&£&
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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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.¨,,,¨#¤§§ 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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#¤,¨¨¨.¨@. 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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