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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 £†^-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨---^%£# 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 #@#£%†^-,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-†%%# 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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¨¨¨¨¨,,-†£ 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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¨¨¨¨¨-^^%£ 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 ££†^-,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,---†£# The  Windows   Of  The   Higher  Floors. #£†---,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨-††£ Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled £††-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,-^†%£#@@ Closer.  She Laughed  At Me  Again,  And @@#£%†^-,¨
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