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,##,#,#### PLAYERS.  PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,#,#,#,,#,
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####,,,#,, DO  ART  WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,,,,,,##,
#,,,#,,##, DIFFERET FOODS,  ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,,,,,,#,#
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#,#,,#,#,# DOG  (WHO  IS   RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE  AND ,,,##,,#,,
####,##### WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON).  I LISTEN TO ,,,#,#,##,
#,,,##,,,, THE SHORTWAVE  RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,,,#####,#
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###,####,, SOUNDS  FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,#,##,,,#,
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,#,#,#,,## AND  TELL  TALES  OF  THE OLD  WORLD.  I ##,,###,#,
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