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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 .......^«^
$^«^...... GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ......^«^$
¤$^«^..... A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, .....^«^$¤
¤¤$^«^.... FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ....^«^$¤¤
£¤¤$^«^... AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ...^«^$¤¤£
#£¤¤$^«^.. WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ..^«^$¤¤£#
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#£¤¤$^«^.. DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ..^«^$¤¤£#
£¤¤$^«^... WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ...^«^$¤¤£
¤¤$^«^.... EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ....^«^$¤¤
¤$^«^..... PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. .....^«^$¤
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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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#£¤¤$^«^.. SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ..^«^$¤¤£#
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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 ........^«
^......... 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 ..........
.......... SAID - ..........
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^......... (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) .........^
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