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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 .#,¤@,§,£.
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#.£,&.@.§§ 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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@¨¤.@.&.,@ 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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