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@¨¨..¨,.¨. pine arcades that were planted and ¤§§¨£¤¨£,.
#¨.,.¨¨,.§ forgotten. wild boars roaming ..&¤¨¤£¤.£
#..¨¨,,,£§ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it .#,¤£,,£@¨
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&¨,.¨.§&¨@ already soaked up all the sun. ¨¨&§¤¤#£¨¨
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&§,&¤#£,.¤ 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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,.¤¨¨#§@&¨ 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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¨¤...£¨£@, 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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§.&¨£,§,¨. 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 £¨,¨¤@&#£,
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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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