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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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