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Bright Ideas for Entertaining ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠉⠕⠝⠋⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠑⠗⠎⠄⠀⠎⠥⠛⠁⠗⠂⠀⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀⠃⠑⠁⠞⠑⠝⠀⠺⠓⠊⠞⠑⠀
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⠉⠁⠝⠀⠃⠑⠀⠗⠕⠇⠇⠑⠙⠀⠃⠑⠞⠺⠑⠑⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠓⠁⠝⠙⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠀
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⠋⠗⠥⠊⠞⠀⠀⠉⠕⠇⠕⠗⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠑⠗⠑⠝⠞⠀⠎⠓⠁⠏⠑⠎⠀⠉⠁⠝
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