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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 ##@§%^*=:.
,,«~-»§$£# through  light,  horsemint  on the rocky #£$§»-~«,,
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.-«†$%§£@# the  riverbanks  reek of  magic. tonight #@£§%$†«-.
.¨,,¨»;^$¤ they had been a  swampworld with  sylvan ¤$^;»¨,,¨.
¨,¨.~^§%§& 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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,^»=§£§### 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.            ###@#%;-~,
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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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