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.......~^* 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 ~.........
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........~^ AN UMBRELLA  AGAINST THE SNOW, BUT  SNOW ^~........
.......~^* ALL OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I  WONDERED *^~.......
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