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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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@$*\«^.... I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ....^«\*$@
$*\«^..... VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I .....^«\*$
*\«^...... 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 ......^«\*
$*\«^..... AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND .....^«\*$
@$*\«^.... THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ....^«\*$@
£@$*\«^... CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ...^«\*$@£
#£@$*\«^.. OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ..^«\*$@£#
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#£@$*\«^.. THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ..^«\*$@£#
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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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