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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 ,,,,,«\^&£
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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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