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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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$$/~...... A   BATTERY   MUST   PROTECT   ITS   OWN ......~/$$
$/~....... EXISTENCE  AS  LONG  AS  SUCH PROTECTION .......~/$
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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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$$/~...... THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY ......~/$$
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