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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. #§%%».¨¨¨¨
¨.»*%%§¶## ##¶§%%*».¨
¨.»*%%§¶## 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. ##¶§%%*».¨
¨.»*%%§¶## ##¶§%%*».¨
¨.»*%%§¶## 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 ##¶§%%*».¨
¨.»*%%§¶## SAID - ##¶§%%*».¨
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¨.»»**%§¶# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #¶§%**»».¨
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