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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 &¨#,£,&.#¨
,§,£¨#.#,@ 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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