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                     On the eighth day of Halloween,
           my mailman brought to me -- eight bats a-flying

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CHINESE CHARACTERS FROM OTHER SOURCES:
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[Here are some "scanscii" pictures by the next two contributors.]

Artist: Ben Bullock 

"I make chinese characters just f...

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   .:|Parthenon|:. (30-Jan-02)

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