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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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