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@@##@%==^.          ..#@ an anecdote @#..           .^==%@##@@
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#%%==^.... today  it rained, and i would go outside ....^==%%#
##%%%==... i thought,  so i smoked a  pipe  and got ...==%%%##
#@%%=^.... dressed,  and   outside   the  rain  had ....^=%%@#
###@@%==^. turned into snow  so  thick that  it was .^==%@@###
#@##@%==^. as  dense fog ... and then i went to get .^==%@##@#
#@@===.... the  mail, but there  was a woman and we ....===@@#
@##%==.... talked a little. now because i  was high ....==%##@
#@==...... and it was  snowing  so  funny and i had ......==@#
##@#@%==^. an  umbrella  against the snow, but snow .^==%@#@##
#@##@%==^. all over my  face anyway, and i wondered .^==%@##@#
###@%=^...         about myself, and my life        ...^=%@###
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