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£&¤:-^^... SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ...^^-:¤&£
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&&¤%-^^^.. SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ..^^^-%¤&&
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£¤%:^..... 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 ...^-%%&££
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#@£&¤%:-^. GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN .^-:%¤&£@#
##@£&¤%:-^ A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ^-:%¤&£@##
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&%--...... AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ......--%&
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&¤::::-... TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ...-::::¤&
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##@£&%:-^. VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I .^-:%&£@##
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&¤:^...... IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ......^:¤&
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&&&&¤%:-^. MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO .^-:%¤&&&&
#@£&¤%:-^. STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER .^-:%¤&£@#
&&¤%-^.... PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ....^-%¤&&
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#@£&¤%:-^. FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" .^-:%¤&£@#
&¤:^^..... BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. .....^^:¤&
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&¤¤:^^.... SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ....^^:¤¤&
#@£&¤%:-^. OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF .^-:%¤&£@#
£¤¤%:^^... ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ...^^:%¤¤£
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#@£&¤%:-^. OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY .^-:%¤&£@#
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##@£&%:-^. DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED .^-:%&£@##
##@£¤%:-^. CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND .^-:%¤£@##
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