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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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