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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 ###¶&£^-,,
,,-^$£&¶¶¶ WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ¶¶¶&£$^-,,
,,-^$£&¶## QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ##¶&£$^-,,
,,-^$£&¶## WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ##¶&£$^-,,
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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 &&&£^^^-,,
,,-^$£&¶## DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ##¶&£$^-,,
,,-^$£&¶## CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ##¶&£$^-,,
,,-^$£&¶## SAID - ##¶&£$^-,,
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