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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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