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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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