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##@#$*:~^¨           ¨~~~ BATTERIES ~~~¨            ¨^~:*$#@##
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##@#$*:~^¨ BATTERIES  MAY  NOT  HARM  A  HUMAN  OR, ¨^~:*$#@##
####$*:~^¨ THROUGH  INACTION,  ALLOW A  HUMAN BEING ¨^~:*$####
###@#$*~^¨             TO COME TO HARM.             ¨^~*$#@###
#@$:^¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨^:$@#
##@#$*:~^¨ A BATTERY MUST OBEY  THE ORDERS GIVEN IT ¨^~:*$#@##
##@#$*:~^¨ BY   HUMAN  BEINGS  EXCEPT  WHERE   SUCH ¨^~:*$#@##
##@#$*:~^¨ ORDERS  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  LAW. ¨^~:*$#@##
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##@#$*:~^¨ A   BATTERY   MUST   PROTECT   ITS   OWN ¨^~:*$#@##
##@#$*:~^¨ EXISTENCE  AS  LONG  AS SUCH  PROTECTION ¨^~:*$#@##
@$**:^^¨¨¨ DOES NOT  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  OR ¨¨¨^^:**$@
###@#*:~^¨               SECOND LAWS.               ¨^~:*#@###
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#$::^¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨^::$#
#$****:~^¨  THESE THINGS POWER ALMOST EVERYTHING,   ¨^~:****$#
#@@#$*:~^¨ BUT  WHEN  I  SPEAK  ABOUT  BATTERIES  I ¨^~:*$#@@#
##@#$*:~^¨   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   ¨^~:*$#@##
##@#$*:~^¨        THINK DOUBLE A, TRIPLE A,         ¨^~:*$#@##
##@#$*:~^¨    TWENTYFIVE TWENTY, NINE VOLT, SUCH    ¨^~:*$#@##
##$*~¨¨¨¨¨                 THINGS...                ¨¨¨¨¨~*$##
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##@#$*:~^¨ THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY ¨^~:*$#@##
##@#$*:~^¨                 INSIDE.                  ¨^~:*$#@##
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