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&&&,&,&&&& TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, &&,,&,,&,&
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&&&&,&,,&, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,&&&&&&&,&
,,,,&&&,&& IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION &&,,,,,,&&
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,,,,&&&,&, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH &&&,&&&,&&
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&,&,,&,,,& YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF &&&&,,&,&&
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,&,,&&,&,& WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES &,,,&&&,,&
&&&,&,&&&& LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS &&,,&,,&,&
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