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##@§£%:-., POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ,.-:%£§@##
##@§£%:-., THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ,.-:%£§@##
##@§£%:-., BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ,.-:%£§@##
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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 ,,,...:£§#
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##@§£%:-., WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ,.-:%£§@##
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##@§£%:-., WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ,.-:%£§@##
§§£%:---., TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ,.---:%£§§
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§§%%-.,,,, VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ,,,,.-%%§§
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§§%%-,,,,, SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ,,,,,-%%§§
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##@§£%:-., ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ,.-:%£§@##
#§£%-,,,,, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ,,,,,-%£§#
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§££%::.,,, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,,,.::%££§
§§£%:.,,,, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,,,,.:%£§§
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