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@,@,@,@,@, MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES @,@,@,@,@,
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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. @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, * * * * @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, 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. @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, 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. @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, 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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