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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. ,,,,^«/=£¤
¶¤£=/«^,,, ,,,^«/=£¤¶
@¶¤£=/«^,, 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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