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,.@£¨¨&.,¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨..,¨¨.,§£
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§@§§@#¨.#& 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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,££¤§#¨,¨¨ 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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.§¨,,¨¨.,. 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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&&@§£#¤§£. 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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