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#,#,,#,### sixteen years, together with my dad in ##,##,#,,,
###,###,,# a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ,##,###,,#
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,#,#,###,# pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ##,#,####,
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#,#,###,,# this night he had just tried to woo a ,,,#,#,###
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,,,#,###,# shoes, but she had accepted them only ,#,,,,#,,#
,,###,,##, to run away immediately afterward. dad ##,,,##,##
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,,#,,####, walls, floors and pillars were set in ,,,,,,#,#,
,##,#,,,#, green marble. throughout the house ran ,,,,,####,
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,,##,,,,#, vases. she was beautiful, and as i ###,,###,,
,#,#,,,### approached, she looked up and sniveled. ,,#,#,,#,,
####,,#,,, in the nearest vase she had stuffed ,####,##,,
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#,#,#,,,#, like. when i returned, having spent ,,####,#,#
#####,,### more than i could really afford, she ,#,,,####,
,,,,#,#,,, was visibly impressed. i tried to sound ##,,#,,,##
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,,#,,,#,,, 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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