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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, £££**»»,,,
,,»**£§£## Framed With Clay Vases  Dark As Obsidian ##£§£**»,,
,,»**§£### And Taller Than A Person. In  Each  Vase ###£§**»,,
,,,,,**£§£ Was Placed Upright A  Leaf  From A  Palm £§£**,,,,,
,,,,,,»*§£ Tree Or  Giant  Fern. The Boulevard  Was £§*»,,,,,,
,,,,,,»*££ Dimly Lit, Which Allowed The  Pools That ££*»,,,,,,
,,,,»*£§£#   Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout   #£§£*»,,,,
,,,,,,»*§§   Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive    §§*»,,,,,,
,,»**£§££#          Patterns On The Marble.         #££§£**»,,
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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 ##£§£**»,,
,,,,,,»*££             Both The Shoes.              ££*»,,,,,,
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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 §**»,,,,,,
,,»**£§£## Out  A   Side  Route  To   A  Closed-Off ##£§£**»,,
,,,,,,»**§ Rooftop Walking Garden,  Full Of Juniper §**»,,,,,,
,,»**£§£## And Thuja. It Was A  Late  Evening,  And ##£§£**»,,
,,,,,***££     The Stars Were Glittering. Being     ££***,,,,,
,,»**£££§# Closed, The Garden  Had Its Light Turned #§£££**»,,
,,»»»»*£§£ Off,  But We  Could  Still  See  Our Way £§£*»»»»,,
,,,,,,»*§§ Around  By  The Light Shining  Down From §§*»,,,,,,
,,»**£§£££ The  Windows  Of   The   Higher  Floors. £££§£**»,,
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,,»**££### She  Lay Down In A Patch Of Grass. I Sat ###££**»,,
,,»**£££££ Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled £££££**»,,
,,»**£§£## Closer. She  Laughed  At  Me Again,  And ##£§£**»,,
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