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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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