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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. ,-»=†@§###
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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. ,,-»=†@§##
###§@†=»-, ,-»=†@§###
##§@†=»-,, 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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