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#¨@¨@..¤¨@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #¨¨¤¨§.&&¨
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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 ¤,¨£¨@.££,
§¨§.¤¨@¤.& where the pine hands start to let &.¤£,@,.&,
&,¤,¤¨,#.& through light, horsemint on the rocky &,,£,¤,#£¨
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#.@¨£,§@¨# 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 §.,&,#¨#@,
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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 ¤,§¤,&..£,
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#¨¤¨§¨¤§,£ 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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