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.¨,-=†%@## forests around my childhood home. thick ##@%†=-,¨.
¨:=/$§#@## pine arcades that were planted and ##@#§$/=:¨
¨¨,-:§%#£# 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 ¨,¨¨.¨,¨.,
,..¨¨.¨,.¨ 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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,¨..¨¨^~*% somethings moving in the grass. it's %*~^¨¨..¨,
¨...¨..^-; 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. ¨.¨.¨,,,¨,
¨.,¨.,.¨¨, ,¨¨.,.¨,.¨
,..,,,,¨.. then i run east toward my home. ..¨,,,,..,
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.,.¨.¨.-;$ i am not followed, and slow down in the $;-.¨.¨.,.
¨¨,,.,-\*¤ 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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