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#%///^¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨^«/*%%###
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#*«««^¨¨¨¨ an umbrella against the  snow, but  snow ¨¨¨¨^«««*#
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