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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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