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/~........ I  WAS AT  THE BEACH AND  THERE WAS THIS ........~/
*/~....... PERSON WHO NEVER  LEFT  THE  WATER, WITH .......~/*
$*/~...... HER  TWO  DOGS.  LARGE,  ORANGE  DOGS... ......~/*$
#$*/~..... AFTER  WATCHING FOR  A WHILE,  I WENT TO .....~/*$#
##$*/~....        SWIM, AND THEY APPROACHED.        ....~/*$##
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####$*/~.. ONE   OF   THE   DOGS   APPROACHED   ME, ..~/*$####
###$*/~... FRIENDLY, HE SHOWED  HE  HIS TEETH. THEY ...~/*$###
##$*/~.... WERE SHARP, VERY SHARP. HE  LICKED THEM. ....~/*$##
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$*/~...... SUDDENLY I WAS  TERRIFIED, I DIDN'T KNOW ......~/*$
*/~....... WHY,  BUT I  WAS TERRIFIED OF THE BEACH, .......~/*
/~........ OF  LAND.  BUT  NOT  OF  HIM. NOT OF THE ........~/
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.......... *       THE ANIMAL IS BEAUTIFUL,       * ..........
.......... *   AN INSIDE-OUT VERSION OF A PLANT,  * ..........
.......... # A GORGEOUS, SEEPING, DRIPPING THING, # ..........
.......... #   AND YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF IT,   # ..........
~......... *     YOU WANT TO BE INSIDE OF IT,     * .........~
/~........ *   YOU WANT TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE   * ........~/
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