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#,#,#,#,#, SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ,#,##,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ,#,,#,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, 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 ,#,##,#,#,
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#,#,#,#,#, QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ,#,##,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ,#,,#,#,#,
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#,#,#,#,#, THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ,#,,#,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ,#,##,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, 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 ,#,##,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,#,,#,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ,#,##,#,#,
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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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#,#,#,#,#, 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 ,#,,#,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,#,##,#,#,
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#,#,#,#,#, SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ,#,,#,#,#,
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#,#,#,#,#, 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 ,#,,#,#,#,
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#,#,#,#,#, THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ,#,,#,#,#,
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#,#,#,#,#, SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ,#,,#,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,#,##,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,#,,#,#,#,
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