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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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