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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.             ¨:-*%@&###
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###&@%*-:¨ 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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