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,,»;$%#£## ##£#%$;»,,
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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 £%%%;,,,,,
,,»;$%#### SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ####%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,»$$%#£ £#%$$»,,,,
,,»;$%#£## THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$$$$#£ GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER £#$$$$;»,,
,,,,,,»;%£ SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY £%;»,,,,,,
,,»;$%#£## TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,,,»;%# WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. #%;»,,,,,,
,,»;$%#£## ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%##£# THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. #£##%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,»;%%%# GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN #%%%;»,,,,
,,»;$%#£## A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ##£#%$;»,,
,,»$%#£### AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ###£#%$»,,
,,»;$%#£## WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,,,;%## TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ##%;,,,,,,
,,»;$%#£## DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,»;;$## WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ##$;;»,,,,
,,»;$%#£## EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ##£#%$;»,,
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,,,,,»;;%£ ; ; ; ; £%;;»,,,,,
,,»;$$%%£# #£%%$$;»,,
,,»;$%#££# FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP #££#%$;»,,
,,,,,,»$%£ I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN £%$»,,,,,,
,,,,,»;%%# VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I #%%;»,,,,,
,,,,»$%%#£ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. £#%%$»,,,,
,,»;$%#### IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ####%$;»,,
,,»;$%£### BOTH THE SHOES. ###£%$;»,,
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,,»;$%#£## I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ##£#%$;»,,
,,,»»»$%££ MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ££%$»»»,,,
,,»;;$%##£ STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER £##%$;;»,,
,,»;$%#£## PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,,»»$%£ LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT £%$»»,,,,,
,,,,;;$$$# MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE #$$$;;,,,,
,,,,,,;$## WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ##$;,,,,,,
,,»;$$%#££ COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ££#%$$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,,,;$## FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ##$;,,,,,,
,,,»»»»$## BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ##$»»»»,,,
,,»;$%#£## ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,,,,;$# SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME #$;,,,,,,,
,,»;$%#£## OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ##£#%$;»,,
,,,,,,;%#£ AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND £#%;,,,,,,
,,»;$%#£## THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%#£## CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ##£#%$;»,,
,,»;$%#### OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ####%$;»,,
,,,,,»$$## 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 ###£#%;»,,
,,,,»$%%%£ SAID - £%%%$»,,,,
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,,,,»»$#£# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #£#$»»,,,,
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