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##††-^^... decode  them.  sort them  by species and ...^^-††##
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##@#$†^-^. mind,  upsize  the  paws,  or  the whole .^-^†$#@##
##@#$†^-^.   creature, frame a burroughs portrait,  .^-^†$#@##
@@#$^^--^. sing a tune about being  brought to your .^--^^$#@@
##@#$†^-^. roads  end and reborn as something else. .^-^†$#@##
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##$$$†^-^. you    can't    go    the    same   way, .^-^†$$$##
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##@#$†^-^. approach. hopefully  bliss is at the end .^-^†$#@##
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##††††^-^. ruin   you.  will   probably  ruin  you. .^-^††††##
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