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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 #,,£.¨£§¤¤
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§@,,.@@.¨& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @¤...,¨¨.£
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¨¨..¨¤&§#¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,¨¨¨¤¤£,,,
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&§¨¨@@§@,¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. §,¨&,,#£..
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¤&§@¨¨,¨§¤ 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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#@§&#,¨@¤¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel £¤##.,,¨#£
¤@&&,¨,¨., through the ground just how large it is. @¤&¨¨£@¨¨&
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...§¤¨¨..¨ 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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