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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 .......~«=
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##¤$%=«~.. OPEN. A GRIMIER,  GRAINIER, MORE PAINFUL ..~«=%$¤##
#¤$%=«~... APPROACH. HOPEFULLY BLISS  IS AT THE END ...~«=%$¤#
¤$%=«~.... OF  IT, BUT  I  DON'T  KNOW.  MIGHT JUST ....~«=%$¤
$%=«~..... RUIN   YOU.  WILL  PROBABLY   RUIN  YOU. .....~«=%$
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