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#@¶§£§=-:¨ A  Huge  Bath  House  /  Spa /  Hotel  / ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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@¶¶§£§=-:¨ 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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#@¶§£§=-:¨ Green  Marble. Throughout The  House Ran ¨:-=§£§¶@#
#@¶§£§=-:¨ A Main  Boulevard,  Wide  As  A  Street, ¨:-=§£§¶@#
§§-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ Framed With Clay Vases Dark As  Obsidian ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-§§
#@¶§£§=-:¨ And Taller Than A  Person. In  Each Vase ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨ Tree Or  Giant  Fern. The Boulevard  Was ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨         Patterns On The Marble.          ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨ I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨ Stay  There, And Ran To Get Her A Better ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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§§£§-:¨¨¨¨ Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent ¨¨¨¨:-§£§§
#@¶§£§=-:¨ More  Than I  Could  Really  Afford, She ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨ But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨ Out   A   Side  Route  To  A  Closed-Off ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨ Off,  But  We  Could  Still See Our  Way ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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#@¶§£§=-:¨ Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ¨:-=§£§¶@#
#@¶§£§=-:¨ Closer. She Laughed  At  Me  Again,  And ¨:-=§£§¶@#
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