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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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