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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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