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