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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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