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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 ###£@§/»~,
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,,=†%¤@### they had been  a  swampworld with sylvan ###@¤%†=,,
¨,~=%%¤£## water, stone  rings  and floating  moss. ##£¤%%=~,¨
.,~;*§§#£# you could've  found me  wallowing around #£#§§*;~,.
.^»*$$§@## on  the  southern  shores  until  i  got ##@§$$*»^.
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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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.:==§%#¤@£ 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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.,»†*¤@### 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 ##£&§%/~:.
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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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