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.§¨¨£¨@¨#, forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨@..&,@@¨#
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,§.&§.¤,@. already soaked up all the sun. ¨¤.£#.¨§,£
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¨&,,§.&.¤¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ,§¨.@.¤#,§
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.§,§@,¤.@, 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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¨§.##,¤.£, 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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.@¨&&,&¨£¨ 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. ¨#.@£¨,#,&
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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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