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#¤¤¤£$;~~, SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ,~~;$£¤¤¤#
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#¤$$~~,,,, GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ,,,,~~$$¤#
###¤£$;~~, SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ,~~;$£¤###
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###¤£$;~~, WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ,~~;$£¤###
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###¤£$;~~, WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ,~~;$£¤###
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###¤£$;~~, THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ,~~;$£¤###
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###¤£$;~~, AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ,~~;$£¤###
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###¤£$;~~, PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ,~~;$£¤###
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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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#¤£££$;~~, I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ,~~;$£££¤#
#¤¤$;~,,,, MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ,,,,~;$¤¤#
#£;~~,,,,, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,,,,,~~;£#
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#££$$$;~~, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ,~~;$$$££#
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###¤£$;~~, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,~~;$£¤###
###¤£$;~~, BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ,~~;$£¤###
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#¤$$~~,,,, OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ,,,,~~$$¤#
###¤£$;~~, ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ,~~;$£¤###
###¤£$;~~, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ,~~;$£¤###
###¤£$;~~, THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ,~~;$£¤###
###¤£$;~~, CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ,~~;$£¤###
###¤£$;~~, OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ,~~;$£¤###
###¤£$;~~, AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ,~~;$£¤###
##¤¤£$;~~, THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ,~~;$£¤¤##
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###¤£$;~~, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,~~;$£¤###
###¤£$;~~, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,~~;$£¤###
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