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#£$$:~:,,, sixteen years, together with my dad in ,,,:~:$$£#
£$$:~:,,,, a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ,,,,:~:$$£
$$:~:,,,,, shopping centre. dad was constatly ,,,,,:~:$$
$:~:,,,,,, pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ,,,,,,:~:$
$$:~:,,,,, that black-haired thing dissapearing ,,,,,:~:$$
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#£$$:~:,,, girl he called a "mouse" by buying her ,,,:~:$$£#
£$$:~:,,,, shoes, but she had accepted them only ,,,,:~:$$£
$$:~:,,,,, to run away immediately afterward. dad ,,,,,:~:$$
$:~:,,,,,, was a bit bummed but dropped it ,,,,,,:~:$
$$:~:,,,,, quickly. i said goodnight to him and ,,,,,:~:$$
£$$:~:,,,, went looking for the mouse. ,,,,:~:$$£
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#£$$:~:,,, a main boulevard, wide as a street, ,,,:~:$$£#
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$:~:,,,,,, was placed upright a leaf from a palm ,,,,,,:~:$
$$:~:,,,,, tree or giant fern. the boulevard was ,,,,,:~:$$
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$:~:,,,,,, i found her crying behind two fern ,,,,,,:~:$
$$:~:,,,,, vases. she was beautiful, and as i ,,,,,:~:$$
£$$:~:,,,, approached, she looked up and sniveled. ,,,,:~:$$£
#£$$:~:,,, in the nearest vase she had stuffed ,,,:~:$$£#
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#£$$:~:,,, move or speak. so instead i said to ,,,:~:$$£#
£$$:~:,,,, stay there, and ran to get her a better ,,,,:~:$$£
$$:~:,,,,, pair of shoes that she would actually ,,,,,:~:$$
$:~:,,,,,, like. when i returned, having spent ,,,,,,:~:$
$$:~:,,,,, more than i could really afford, she ,,,,,:~:$$
£$$:~:,,,, was visibly impressed. i tried to sound ,,,,:~:$$£
#£$$:~:,,, cool, saying something like "what do ,,,:~:$$£#
##£$$:~:,, you think, just because a girl has a ,,:~:$$£##
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##£$$:~:,, but mouse girl just laughed at me. ,,:~:$$£##
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$:~:,,,,,, rooftop walking garden, full of juniper ,,,,,,:~:$
$$:~:,,,,, and thuja. it was a late evening, and ,,,,,:~:$$
£$$:~:,,,, the stars were glittering. being ,,,,:~:$$£
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##£$$:~:,, the windows of the higher floors. ,,:~:$$£##
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$$:~:,,,,, down on my knees, and then crawled ,,,,,:~:$$
$:~:,,,,,, closer. she laughed at me again, and ,,,,,,:~:$
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