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##,#,##,,, sixteen years, together with my dad in ,,#,#,##,#
,,####,#,, a huge bath house / spa / hotel / #,#####,##
#,#,,,###, shopping centre. dad was constatly ###,,,,##,
####,,#,,# pointing out hot girls to me. "you see #,,#,,,#,#
,,,,#,##,# that black-haired thing dissapearing ,#,##,,###
#,,,###,## behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd ,###,#,#,,
##,,#,,##, say. he was always very creepy about ,#,,#####,
#,#,##,#,# this, going for girls my age. ###,#,,,,#
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##,,,##,,, this night he had just tried to woo a ,#,#,,#,,#
,,#,,#,#,, girl he called a "mouse" by buying her ,####,##,#
#,##,####, shoes, but she had accepted them only ,#,,,##,##
,##,##,,,# to run away immediately afterward. dad ,##,,#,##,
,#,##,#,,# was a bit bummed but dropped it ,#,#,###,#
####,###,# quickly. i said goodnight to him and ,#####,,##
,,,,##,,## went looking for the mouse. ##,,,,#,#,
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#,,,###### the building was enormous and mazelike. ,###,,#,,,
##,,#,,,,, walls, floors and pillars were set in ,#,,#,##,,
#,#,##,,,, green marble. throughout the house ran ,##,###,#,
#####,#,,, a main boulevard, wide as a street, ,#,##,,###
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,,,,,#,,#, and taller than a person. in each vase ##,,#####,
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#,,,,#,##, tree or giant fern. the boulevard was ,#####,,,#
,#,,,###,# dimly lit, which allowed the pools that ,#,,,,#,,#
###,,#,,## were generously sprinkled throughout ###,,,##,#
,,,#,##,#, each floor would reflect suggestive ,,,#,,#,##
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,###,#,,,, following the boulevard, two floors up ,,#,,,#,,,
,#,,###,,, i found her crying behind two fern #,##,,##,,
,##,#,,#,, vases. she was beautiful, and as i ,##,#,#,#,
,#,###,##, approached, she looked up and sniveled. ##,#######
####,,##,# in the nearest vase she had stuffed ,,##,,,,,,
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#,#,#,,,,# i told her to follow, but she didn't ,,#,,,#,,,
######,,,# move or speak. so instead i said to #,##,,##,,
#,,,,,#,,# stay there, and ran to get her a better ###,#,#,#,
##,,,,##,# pair of shoes that she would actually ,,,#######
,,#,,,#,## like. when i returned, having spent ,,,#,,,,,,
,,##,,###, more than i could really afford, she ,,,##,,,,,
,,#,#,#,,# was visibly impressed. i tried to sound #,,#,#,,,,
,,######,# cool, saying something like "what do ,#,####,,,
,,#,,,,,## you think, just because a girl has a ,###,,,#,,
,,##,,,,#, freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" ##,,#,,##,
,,#,#,,,## but mouse girl just laughed at me. #,#,##,#,#
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,##,,,#,## she then took me by the hand and led me ,,,,,##,,,
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,#,,,###,# and thuja. it was a late evening, and ,,#,,#,,,#
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,,,#,##,#, closed, the garden had its light turned ###,##,#,#
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