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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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