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##¶&¤§=»^¨ Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me. "You See ¨^»=§¤&¶##
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##¶&¤§=»^¨ Shoes, But She Had Accepted Them Only ¨^»=§¤&¶##
##¶&¤§=»^¨ To Run Away Immediately Afterward. Dad ¨^»=§¤&¶##
##¶&¤§=»^¨ Was A Bit Bummed But Dropped It ¨^»=§¤&¶##
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##¶&¤§=»^¨ 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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&§»»^¨¨¨¨¨ Freaky Dad, She Doesn'T Have Taste?" ¨¨¨¨¨^»»§&
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##¶&¤§=»^¨ The Stars Were Glittering. Being ¨^»=§¤&¶##
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