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.......... today it rained, and i  would go outside ..........
.......... i thought, so  i  smoked  a pipe and got ..........
.......... dressed,   and  outside  the   rain  had ..........
.........- turned  into snow  so thick that it  was -.........
........-~ as dense fog ... and then i  went to get ~-........
.......-~= the  mail, but there was a  woman and we =~-.......
......-~=$ talked a little. now because i was  high $=~-......
.....-~=$§ and it was snowing  so funny  and  i had §$=~-.....
....-~=$§@ an umbrella against  the snow, but  snow @§$=~-....
...-~=$§@¶ all over my face  anyway, and i wondered ¶@§$=~-...
..-~=$§@¶#        about myself, and my life         #¶@§$=~-..
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