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£§*«^,,,,,              WHATS IN STORE.             ,,,,,^«*§£
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*«^,,,,,,, THEY GIVE ME  FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ,,,,,,,^«*
«^,,,,,,,, MAKE MY TONGUE  CURL  WITH SATISFACTION. ,,,,,,,,^«
^,,,,,,,,, "OUT  OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ,,,,,,,,,^
,,,,,,,,,, FRAME OF REFERENCE.  I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                SATISFIED.                ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, THEY  MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ,,,,,,,,,,
^,,,,,,,,, TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY  TELL ,,,,,,,,,^
«^,,,,,,,,  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ,,,,,,,,^«
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