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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 £.@¨@,¤,@¨
.#.¤&,&.¤. through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤.§.@.#¨£,
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,§¨¤#,&.#. they had been a swampworld with sylvan #,&,¤.£.§¨
£¤.¨¤.&,£¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. &.¤.¤¨¤.§,
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§§,¨£,£¨£. 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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#§¨,£¨@.¤, 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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