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.,~*$@&### today it rained, and i would  go outside ###&@$*~,.
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.,~*$@&### dressed,  and  outside   the  rain   had ###&@$*~,.
.,~*$@&### turned into snow  so  thick  that it was ###&@$*~,.
.,~*$@&### as dense fog ... and  then i went to get ###&@$*~,.
....,~*$$& the mail, but there  was a woman  and we &$$*~,....
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.,~*$@&### and it was snowing so  funny  and  i had ###&@$*~,.
.....~*@&# an umbrella against  the  snow, but snow #&@*~.....
.,~*$$$@&# all over my  face anyway, and i wondered #&@$$$*~,.
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