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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 ###£§%/»^¨
¨^»/%$§£## Quickly.  I Said Goodnight  To  Him  And ##£§$%/»^¨
¨¨¨¨¨»»»%§        Went Looking For The Mouse.       §%»»»¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^»/$$£# Green Marble. Throughout The  House  Ran #£$$/»^¨¨¨
¨¨¨^»/$$$£ A  Main  Boulevard,  Wide As  A  Street, £$$$/»^¨¨¨
¨^»/%$§£## Framed With  Clay Vases Dark As Obsidian ##£§$%/»^¨
¨^»/%$§££# And Taller Than  A Person. In  Each Vase #££§$%/»^¨
¨^»/%$§£## Was Placed  Upright A Leaf  From A  Palm ##£§$%/»^¨
¨^»/%%$$$§ Tree Or Giant  Fern. The  Boulevard  Was §$$$%%/»^¨
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¨^»/%$§£##   Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout   ##£§$%/»^¨
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¨^»/%$§£##          Patterns On The Marble.         ##£§$%/»^¨
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¨^»/%$§£## I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ##£§$%/»^¨
¨^»/%$§£## Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I ##£§$%/»^¨
¨^»/%$§£## Approached,  She Looked Up And Sniveled. ##£§$%/»^¨
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¨^»/%$§£##              Both The Shoes.             ##£§$%/»^¨
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¨^»/%$§£## Move  Or  Speak.  So Instead I  Said  To ##£§$%/»^¨
¨¨¨¨¨»%§§£ Stay There,  And Ran To Get Her A Better £§§%»¨¨¨¨¨
¨^»/%$§£## Pair Of  Shoes That  She Would  Actually ##£§$%/»^¨
¨^»/%$£### Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent ###£$%/»^¨
¨^»%$§£### More  Than I  Could  Really  Afford, She ###£§$%»^¨
¨¨¨¨^/%$$£ Was Visibly Impressed. I Tried To  Sound £$$%/^¨¨¨¨
¨^»/%$§£## Cool, Saying  Something  Like  "What  Do ##£§$%/»^¨
¨¨¨^/%%§§£ You Think,  Just  Because A Girl  Has  A £§§%%/^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^»%$£# Freaky  Dad,  She Doesn'T  Have  Taste?" #£$%»^¨¨¨¨
¨^»///%$§# But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. #§$%///»^¨
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¨^»/%$§£## She Then Took  Me By The Hand And Led Me ##£§$%/»^¨
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¨^»/%$£### Rooftop Walking Garden, Full Of  Juniper ###£$%/»^¨
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¨¨¨»»»»%§£ 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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