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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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