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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. &&^^;«....
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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. ###&§^;«^.
.^«;^§## ###&§^;«^.
.^««;;;§&& 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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