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¤..#¨&&,.¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ..,.¨¨&¤¨,
££,#@¤¨¤,. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it &,¨,..£,¤,
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,@£.£.£¨.¤ already soaked up all the sun. ,&¤,,.¤.,,
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¨&.,¤¨.,#, to west, getting broader and deeper and ,,§¨¨£¤§&£
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@,.¤§.#¨&¨ where the pine hands start to let §,&¨#¤¤,,,
#@,§.@§#§@ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨&&&#¨.&.,
£,&£&¤.¨., river bed. #&,.,§,@§.
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.,&.,¨&,,. 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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¤§§....£&. 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. ¤¨,,§¨,@§.
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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 ¨#@£¤£,£,.
@,¨,..,..§ 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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