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,¨@§#¨,¤¨. forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨¤@.¨,§..
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§,.,¤,£¤,, already soaked up all the sun. &,.,@&£¨,¨
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¤.,,@¨¨,@, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,,&#§,¨.&§
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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 .,¤@#.,¨.£
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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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.&§&.,§,§@ 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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