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#&¨,,¨.¨@& forgotten. wild boars roaming §@§..,,&§§
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.@¤¨.,,¨,¤ 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 ¤,,£¨.¨¨@@
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#@.¨#@¨¨., water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤¤#¨¨¤@@§@
#¨,.¨.,#§# you could've found me wallowing around @§,.¨¨&&#£
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.,¨&&,¨,.¨ 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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§¤§£.,@§¨, 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 £¤¨.£§.,&£
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..¤,¨,¨¤,, hands, who are busy putting things in #¤£§§¤&¤¤§
,,¨¨##¨,,¨ my pockets. .@¤¤#§&££,
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#§#&&&@£¨, 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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