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#&£¤£@¨,£# pine arcades that were planted and .,¨,,¤§@&§
&§&§&¨.,¨. forgotten. wild boars roaming £¤&§,¨££§§
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&£¨.£@..&¤ already soaked up all the sun. §¨,,,¨¨,.§
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¨.,.£#.¨#& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @§§.¨..¨¨#
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.,.¨##¤§.. 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 ,¤#£.¨£&#¤
##¤#£&&§¤£ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨¨&,,.¨§¤&
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,¨,#¤§@&@¤ 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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¤§¨.,¨¤¤¨, 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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§#¨,¨.¨,§& on her stomach, feet in the air, ,¨.¤¤&#¤&#
£¨¨¤#&@,¨£ roughly seven centimeters long. it's #&,,&§&&¤#
..,.#£,.¨, freshly made, not yet completely dried. @,...@§#§#
.£§,¨..@£¨ ,¨§¤,.§&£.
.,.,@#..,¨ 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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