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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 ,£,@.£&..§
¨#,@,,£,¤. 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. .@¨£¨££¨,£
¨§.#¨¨¤.§, ,@,#¨,&.¤§
,&¨£,¤¤¨£, then i run east toward my home. .&¨¤¨&¤.¨§
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.¤.§¨@#.¤, i am not followed, and slow down in the .¤¨§.#&¨¨@
¨@¨§¨¨@,#¨ 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. ,#,@¨£#,,£
.§¨#,,@.&, ¨¤,¤.¨£,¤#
,#,#.#&,§. 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. ¨¤,¤.,¤¨#&
,£¨§.&§,&, .#.£¨&£.¨@
.@¨§,.§.@¨ 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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