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:......... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .........:
=:........ CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ........:=
*=:....... OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .......:=*
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£&$*=:.... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ....:=*$&£
#£&$*=:... THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE ...:=*$&£#
##£&$*=:.. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ..:=*$&£##
###£&$*=:. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .:=*$&£###
##£&$*=:.. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ..:=*$&£##
#£&$*=:... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ...:=*$&£#
£&$*=:.... TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ....:=*$&£
&$*=:..... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .....:=*$&
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=:........ RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ........:=
:......... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .........:
.......... THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ..........
:......... WATER. .........:
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*=:....... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .......:=*
$*=:...... THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ......:=*$
&$*=:..... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .....:=*$&
£&$*=:.... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ....:=*$&£
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##£&$*=:.. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ..:=*$&£##
#£&$*=:... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ...:=*$&£#
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:......... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .........:
.......... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ..........
:......... IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .........:
=:........ TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ........:=
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