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¨,,..¨.,£. 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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¨,.¨¨£¨@#, river bed. &¨.£,.¨,@,
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¨¨@,¨.,¨¨§ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¨¨&£#.¨§¨.
,,¨£¨¨,¨¨, 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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¤&.¨@.¨&,¨ 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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