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¤£¨,@§,..¨ pine arcades that were planted and &§¨,&&&¤§&
§¨.¨¨,.##¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming #¨¨.,£@#§@
,,£@§£.,¨¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ..£#.¨§@&£
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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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&,,£¤¤£@§# 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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.£@..,,¨., 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. #£,,#¨¨.¨¨
,.¨,§@,¨@§ ¤,,,.¨£¤¤§
¨##..¨¨.¨. 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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&£§&#@&&&£ 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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,.#####§§# 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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