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..........    RECRUITING TAKES PLACE IN PEOPLES     ..........
,......... YARDS, OR OUTSIDE STORES, OR WITH  A BIT .........,
=,........        OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKERY.         ........,=
\=,.......                                          .......,=\
*\=,...... 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. ....,=\*#@
#*\=,.....                                          .....,=\*#
*\=,...... 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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