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¨,==%%£### move or speak. so instead i said to ###£%%==,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=%£ stay there, and ran to get her a better £%=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,==%%£### like. when i returned, having spent ###£%%==,¨
¨,==%%£### more than i could really afford, she ###£%%==,¨
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¨,==%%£### freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" ###£%%==,¨
¨,==%%£### but mouse girl just laughed at me. ###£%%==,¨
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¨,==%%£### around by the light shining down from ###£%%==,¨
¨,==%%£### the windows of the higher floors. ###£%%==,¨
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¨¨¨¨,==%££ she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ££%==,¨¨¨¨
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