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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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#@$==«:... THROW  THE   FOURLEGGERS   INTO  A  VAN. ...:«==$@#
##@$==«:.. DECODE THEM.  SORT THEM BY  SPECIES  AND ..:«==$@##
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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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###@$==«:. YOU    CAN'T    GO    THE    SAME   WAY, .:«==$@###
##@$==«:..  UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH ANOTHER PATH IS   ..:«==$@##
#@$==«:... OPEN. A GRIMIER,  GRAINIER, MORE PAINFUL ...:«==$@#
##@$==«:.. APPROACH. HOPEFULLY BLISS IS  AT THE END ..:«==$@##
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##@$==«:.. RUIN  YOU.  WILL  PROBABLY   RUIN   YOU. ..:«==$@##
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