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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. @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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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