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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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¨^~:%$£#@# I  Told Her  To Follow, But  She  Didn'T #@#£$%:~^¨
¨^~:%$£#@@ Move  Or  Speak.  So Instead  I  Said To @@#£$%:~^¨
¨^~:%$£#@# Stay There,  And Ran To Get Her A Better #@#£$%:~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%$£ Pair Of  Shoes  That She  Would Actually £$%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~:%$$$#@ Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent @#$$$%:~^¨
¨^~:%$$££# More Than  I  Could Really  Afford,  She #££$$%:~^¨
¨^~:%$£#@# Was Visibly Impressed. I  Tried To Sound #@#£$%:~^¨
¨^~:%$£#@# Cool,  Saying Something  Like  "What  Do #@#£$%:~^¨
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¨^~:%$£@## Freaky Dad,  She  Doesn'T  Have  Taste?" ##@£$%:~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^:$£ But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. £$:^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~%£## Out  A  Side  Route   To   A  Closed-Off ##£%~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨^^~~~%$# Rooftop Walking Garden, Full Of  Juniper #$%~~~^^¨¨
¨^~:%$£#@# And  Thuja.  It Was A Late  Evening, And #@#£$%:~^¨
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¨¨^~~~~:%£ 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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