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,.&.¤&,¨,. forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨££¤¨,,¨,§
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&#¨..,.¤.. where the pine hands start to let £¤&¨¨£,,¨#
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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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,.¨#¨.,,¤, 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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,,¨§..,,&. 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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