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##,,#,,#,, LOADERS,  WITH  LARGE  AND  HAIRY  HANDS ,,##,##,,#
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,,##,###,# RADIO OPERATOR,  STATIONED IN  THE  BACK ,,##,,,,##
,#,##,,###    OF THE KILOMETER-LONG TRAIN, WHICH    ,#,#,,,#,#
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##,###,,,# OF  EARNING  SOME  EXTRA  MONEY.  BUT  A ,#,#,#,,##
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,####,#,#, MANY  OTHERS AWAKE,  THEY  KNOW  NOTHING ,###,#,##,
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,###,#,#,# WHEN  I FALL  AWAKE  IN  THE  AFTERNOON, ,###,#,,#,
#,,####### KARL  IS  THERE,  SMILING  AT  ME.  "HEY #,,###,##,
#,#,,,,,,# BOY,"  HE SAYS,  "WANNA HELP  ME  MAKE A #,#,,##,##
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,,##,,#### PAN-SLAVIC.  KARL  LAUGHS  AND  MAKES  A ###,#,,###
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,,,,,#,,,, AT ALL, BUT I HEAR THE  WORD "MISSILE" A ##,#,,##,,
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####,,##,, AT ME, TEETH FILED SHARP. "WANNA  MAKE A #,##,,,###
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