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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 @..@@.....
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