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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 ,,##,#,,##
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#,,,,#,,#, SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT #,###,,###
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,,,,,,#,#, 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 #,##,#,#,#
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#,#,#,#,,# 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 ,,,,,#,#,#
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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 ,,##,###,,
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##,####,,, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ###,###,,,
#,##,,,#,, THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING #,,##,,#,,
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#,,###,#,# OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ########,#
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#####,#,,, 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 ,#,,,,,,##
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