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