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##@#$=^~-¨ Sixteen Years, Together With My Dad In ¨-~^=$#@##
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##@#$=^~-¨ Shopping centre. Dad Was Constatly ¨-~^=$#@##
####$=^~-¨ Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me. "You See ¨-~^=$####
####$=^~-¨ That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing ¨-~^=$####
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##@#$=^~-¨ This, Going For Girls My Age. ¨-~^=$#@##
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##@#$=^~-¨ This Night He Had Just Tried To Woo A ¨-~^=$#@##
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##@#$=^~-¨ Shoes, But She Had Accepted Them Only ¨-~^=$#@##
##@#$=^~-¨ To Run Away Immediately Afterward. Dad ¨-~^=$#@##
##@#$=^~-¨ Was A Bit Bummed But Dropped It ¨-~^=$#@##
##@#$=^~-¨ Quickly. I Said Goodnight To Him And ¨-~^=$#@##
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#=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨-~^^=##
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##@#$=^~-¨ Vases. She Was Beautiful, And As I ¨-~^=$#@##
#=^~-¨¨¨¨¨ Approached, She Looked Up And Sniveled. ¨¨¨¨¨-~^=#
##@#$=^~-¨ In The Nearest Vase She Had Stuffed ¨-~^=$#@##
@#=~-¨¨¨¨¨ Both The Shoes. ¨¨¨¨¨-~=#@
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##$$$=^~-¨ Off, But We Could Still See Our Way ¨-~^=$$$##
###@#=^~-¨ Around By The Light Shining Down From ¨-~^=#@###
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