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=.,,,,,,,,     BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING     ,,,,,,,,.=
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=.,,,,,,,, SHARING IN  OUR BLOODSTREAM.  MY  HUSKY, ,,,,,,,,.=
==.,,,,,,,      MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW...      ,,,,,,,.==
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£$===.,,,, INDISCRIMINATELY,  THEY HURT BUT DEAL NO ,,,,.===$£
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##££$===., WILL TAKE DAYS  TO HEAL. THE FINAL  FIVE ,.===$££##
#££$===.,, YOU    MUST    NOT    SPEND    AT   ALL. ,,.===$££#
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==.,,,,,,,       UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND.       ,,,,,,,.==
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