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.~~/^$#£## DRESSED,  AND  OUTSIDE   THE   RAIN  HAD ##£#$^/~~.
.~~/^$#£## TURNED INTO SNOW SO  THICK  THAT IT  WAS ##£#$^/~~.
.~~/^$#£## AS DENSE FOG ...  AND THEN I WENT TO GET ##£#$^/~~.
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.~~/^$#£## AND  IT WAS SNOWING  SO  FUNNY AND I HAD ##£#$^/~~.
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