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......^=§£ In  This Dream  I Was  A Girl  Of  Maybe £§=^......
.^=†§@££@@ 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 ###£@§†=^.
.^=†§@£@## Was  A   Bit  Bummed  But   Dropped   It ##@£@§†=^.
.^=†§@£@## 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   £§†====...
.^=†§@£@##   Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive    ##@£@§†=^.
.^=†††§§§£         Patterns On The Marble.          £§§§†††=^.
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.^=†§@£@## Following The Boulevard,  Two  Floors Up ##@£@§†=^.
.^=†§@£@## 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?" #£§††^....
.^=†§@£@## But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. ##@£@§†=^.
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.^=†§@@£££ She Then Took Me By  The Hand And Led Me £££@@§†=^.
.^=†§@£@## Out  A  Side   Route  To  A   Closed-Off ##@£@§†=^.
.^=†§@£@## 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 #££@@§†=^.
...=††@££# 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 ##@£@§†=^.
......=§£@ Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled @£§=......
...^†††@@@ Closer.  She  Laughed At  Me Again,  And @@@†††^...
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....^=§£@# (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) #@£§=^....
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