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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. #@£&%\-~¨¨
¨~-\%&£@## ##@£&%\-~¨
¨¨~-\%&£@# 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. #@£&%\-~¨¨
¨~-\%&£@## ##@£&%\-~¨
¨¨~-\%&£@# 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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