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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. ..:=*=*§##
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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. ..:=*=*§##
###§*=*=:. .:=*=*§###
##§*=*=:.. 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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