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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 &&&&&&,,&,
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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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