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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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