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,,,,,,,,,~     RECRUITING TAKES PLACE IN PEOPLES    ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: YARDS,  OR OUTSIDE STORES, OR WITH A BIT :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:=         OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKERY.        =:~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,~:=%# THROW  THE   FOURLEGGERS  INTO   A  VAN. #%=:~,,,,,
,,,,~:=%## DECODE THEM.  SORT THEM BY  SPECIES  AND ##%=:~,,,,
,,,~:=%##@                  TASTE.                  @##%=:~,,,
,,~:=%##@#                                          #@##%=:~,,
,,,~:=%##@ DECORATE  THE  DOG,  DECORATE  THE  DOGS @##%=:~,,,
,,,,~:=%## MIND,  UPSIZE  THE  PAWS, OR  THE  WHOLE ##%=:~,,,,
,,,,,~:=%#  CREATURE, FRAME A BURROUGHS PORTRAIT,   #%=:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:=% SING A TUNE ABOUT BEING BROUGHT TO  YOUR %=:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:= ROADS END AND REBORN  AS SOMETHING ELSE. =:~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ YOU    CAN'T   GO    THE    SAME    WAY, ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH ANOTHER PATH IS   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, OPEN. A GRIMIER, GRAINIER, MORE  PAINFUL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, APPROACH. HOPEFULLY  BLISS IS AT THE END ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, OF IT,  BUT  I  DON'T  KNOW.  MIGHT JUST ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, RUIN   YOU.  WILL  PROBABLY  RUIN   YOU. ,,,,,,,,,,
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