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....~††%£@ 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 @£%†~^....
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.^~†%%£@## The Building Was Enormous And Mazelike. ##@£%%†~^.
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.^~†%%%%£@ Green Marble. Throughout The House Ran @£%%%%†~^.
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....~%%££@ And Taller Than A Person. In Each Vase @££%%~....
.^~†%%@@## Was Placed Upright A Leaf From A Palm ##@@%%†~^.
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.....^†%%£ Dimly Lit, Which Allowed The Pools That £%%†^.....
.^~†%%£££@ Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout @£££%%†~^.
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......~†%£ I Found Her Crying Behind Two Fern £%†~......
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...^^†††%£ 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 @@@£%%†~^.
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.^~†%%£@@# 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 #@@£%%†~^.
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.^~†%%£@@@ The Windows Of The Higher Floors. @@@£%%†~^.
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