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§#.&.¨&§#¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,@&#§§¨¨.,
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,§¨,@..,,. to west, getting broader and deeper and .£,,,,&,&¨
£¤,&£¨.,¨£ 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 ¨§¨¤¤..@¤,
§,&@#¤¨£,. 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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¨¤¤.,.&.§& clearing where you at first can spot .,&,&#,¨#.
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#§&.£¨.¤,, backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #,,§£@#¨&&
¨¨¤££.§§¨@ radio (now dented) but also a small £,@¨.¨@¤¨.
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&£¨&¨££¨@. must have been laying in the wet dirt, ,¨&¨#¤&#.¨
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.¨#@¤&§,#§ particle board for it to dry on, but .#£§,¨¨.§&
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#&,..¤,##, throw it away. #.¤#,,£§#¤
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