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¤.§£¨§,&¤. forests around my childhood home. thick ¨@,¨@,@.£.
@,.¤,#¨.¤. 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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#.¨¤,#¨.#¨ there's a river passing by, from east ¨¤,£@¨£¨§.
§¨&¤.§,#£, 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. ¨#,§£.&¨§.
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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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¤,&#¨§¨¤&¨ i am not followed, and slow down in the ,#,,§.@.¤,
£..¤,§,,¤¨ 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. ,&¨,§,#,@,
#.¨@.£,¨&¨ ¨#.&£,&.@¨
#¨§§¨§.##¨ 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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