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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 ,,##,#,#,,
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##,#,,###, 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 ####,#,#,#
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,,,,#,,,#, 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 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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