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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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