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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 #@@#%*^»..
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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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...,..,/%@ somethings moving in the grass. it's @%/,..,...
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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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.,~†^$#£@@ then i run east toward my home. @@£#$^†~,.
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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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.^~;^*@@## 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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