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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.                  ..........
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.......... 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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