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##@@$%*=.. TODAY IT RAINED, AND  I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ..=*%$@@##
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@%**...... TURNED INTO  SNOW SO THICK  THAT  IT WAS ......**%@
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@%=....... THE MAIL, BUT  THERE WAS  A WOMAN AND WE .......=%@
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@$%=...... AND IT WAS  SNOWING  SO  FUNNY AND I HAD ......=%$@
###@@$%*=. AN UMBRELLA  AGAINST THE SNOW, BUT  SNOW .=*%$@@###
@%*=...... ALL  OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED ......=*%@
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