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From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: Unicorns
Date: 1996/05/18
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Why are ascii Unicorns popular....?


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                                UNICORNS

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            a@@@@a            There is no one that can return from there,
        a@@@@@@@@@@@@a                to describe their nature,
      a@@@@@@by@@@@@@@@a            To describe their dissolution,
    a@@@@@S@C@E@S@W@@@@@@a           That he may still our desires
    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@             Until we reach the place
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