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¨.¨£@&¤#¨, forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨¨¨@.¨,¨.
&@.¨@£§¨.§ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨&#..¨§#§#
&,.,.£.¨¨¨ is dark and moist, the canopy having ..,¨§..&§@
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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 ¨¨.,,.@..¨
§¤.,£¤£££¨ 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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¤,,.¨§@,¨. 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 ¨¨,¨,,§...
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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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