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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 ,,@@¤,¨#.&
£¤..§¨@#,¨ 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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#§,,£.&&.. 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. @...&£§,,.
,,..£@#¨.¨ ¨&.,#,£§¨.
...¨#,£¤¨¨ 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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§,¨.&§#.,. 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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§¨¨,#&#,.¨ 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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¤#¨¨#..§¨# 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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