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,~=\$&£### IN  THIS  DREAM I WAS  A  GIRL OF  MAYBE ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£### SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH  MY DAD  IN ###£&$\=~,
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,~~==$$££# SHOPPING CENTRE.       DAD WAS CONSTATLY #££$$==~~,
,~=\$&£### POINTING  OUT HOT GIRLS TO  ME. "YOU SEE ###£&$\=~,
,,,,,,,=$£   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   £$=,,,,,,,
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,~=\$&£### SAY.  HE  WAS ALWAYS  VERY CREEPY  ABOUT ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£### 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 #£$$\===~,
,~=\$&£### SHOES,  BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED  THEM  ONLY ###£&$\=~,
,~=\\\\$&# TO RUN AWAY  IMMEDIATELY  AFTERWARD. DAD #&$\\\\=~,
,~=\$&&££# WAS   A  BIT  BUMMED   BUT   DROPPED  IT #££&&$\=~,
,~=\$&£### QUICKLY.  I SAID  GOODNIGHT TO  HIM  AND ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£###        WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.       ###£&$\=~,
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,,,,~\$&££ THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND  MAZELIKE. ££&$\~,,,,
,~=\$&£### WALLS, FLOORS  AND PILLARS WERE  SET  IN ###£&$\=~,
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,~====\$&£ WAS  PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF  FROM A  PALM £&$\====~,
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,~=\$&£££# DIMLY LIT, WHICH  ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT #£££&$\=~,
,~=\$&£###   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£###   EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE    ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£###          PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.         ###£&$\=~,
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,~=\$&£### VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I ###£&$\=~,
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,~=\$&£££# IN  THE  NEAREST  VASE  SHE HAD  STUFFED #£££&$\=~,
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,~=\$&£### LIKE.  WHEN  I  RETURNED,  HAVING  SPENT ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£### MORE THAN  I COULD  REALLY  AFFORD,  SHE ###£&$\=~,
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,~=\$&£### COOL,  SAYING  SOMETHING  LIKE  "WHAT DO ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$$&&££ YOU  THINK, JUST  BECAUSE A  GIRL HAS  A ££&&$$\=~,
,~=\$&£### FREAKY  DAD,  SHE DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" ###£&$\=~,
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,~=\$&£### SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND  LED ME ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£### OUT   A  SIDE   ROUTE  TO  A  CLOSED-OFF ###£&$\=~,
,,,==$$£## ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF  JUNIPER ##£$$==,,,
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,~=\$&£###     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£### CLOSED, THE  GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ###£&$\=~,
,~=\$&£### OFF,  BUT  WE  COULD STILL SEE  OUR  WAY ###£&$\=~,
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,~=\$&£### DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED ###£&$\=~,
~=\$&£#### CLOSER.  SHE  LAUGHED AT  ME AGAIN,  AND ####£&$\=~
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