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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 ,,,,.«/*££
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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 ,,,.«/*££@
££*/«.,,,, GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ,,,,.«/*££
£*/«.,,,,, A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ,,,,,.«/*£
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/«.,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,.«/
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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. ,,,,.«/*££
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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 ,,,,,.«/*£
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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?" ,.«/*££@##
#@££*/«.,, 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 ,,,,,.«/*£
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/«.,,,,,,, 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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