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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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###@$§*«^, FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP ,^«*§$@###
##@$§*«^,, I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ,,^«*§$@##
#@$§*«^,,, VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ,,,^«*§$@#
##@$§*«^,, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ,,^«*§$@##
###@$§*«^, IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ,^«*§$@###
##@$§*«^,, BOTH THE SHOES. ,,^«*§$@##
#@$§*«^,,, ,,,^«*§$@#
##@$§*«^,, I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ,,^«*§$@##
###@$§*«^, MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ,^«*§$@###
##@$§*«^,, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,,^«*§$@##
#@$§*«^,,, PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,,,^«*§$@#
##@$§*«^,, LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ,,^«*§$@##
###@$§*«^, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ,^«*§$@###
##@$§*«^,, WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ,,^«*§$@##
#@$§*«^,,, COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ,,,^«*§$@#
##@$§*«^,, YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ,,^«*§$@##
###@$§*«^, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,^«*§$@###
##@$§*«^,, BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ,,^«*§$@##
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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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###@$§*«^, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,^«*§$@###
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#@$§*«^,,, **************************************** ,,,^«*§$@#
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