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..........    RECRUITING TAKES PLACE IN PEOPLES     ..........
.......... YARDS, OR OUTSIDE  STORES, OR WITH A BIT ..........
..........         OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKERY.        ..........
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.......... THROW   THE  FOURLEGGERS  INTO  A   VAN. ..........
.......... DECODE  THEM. SORT THEM  BY  SPECIES AND ..........
.........^                  TASTE.                  ^.........
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.......^~† DECORATE  THE  DOG,  DECORATE  THE  DOGS †~^.......
......^~†§ MIND,  UPSIZE  THE PAWS,  OR  THE  WHOLE §†~^......
.....^~†§$  CREATURE, FRAME A BURROUGHS PORTRAIT,   $§†~^.....
....^~†§$@ SING A TUNE ABOUT BEING  BROUGHT TO YOUR @$§†~^....
...^~†§$@# ROADS END AND REBORN AS  SOMETHING ELSE. #@$§†~^...
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.^~†§$@### YOU   CAN'T    GO    THE    SAME    WAY, ###@$§†~^.
..^~†§$@##  UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH ANOTHER PATH IS   ##@$§†~^..
...^~†§$@# OPEN.  A GRIMIER, GRAINIER, MORE PAINFUL #@$§†~^...
....^~†§$@ APPROACH. HOPEFULLY BLISS IS AT THE  END @$§†~^....
.....^~†§$ OF  IT,  BUT I  DON'T  KNOW.  MIGHT JUST $§†~^.....
......^~†§ RUIN   YOU.  WILL   PROBABLY  RUIN  YOU. §†~^......
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