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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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