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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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