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.......,=:          ..#* an anecdote *#..           :=,.......
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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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