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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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