&....&..&& ......&&&&
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&&&..&&&&& ...&&&..&&
&&....&&&& MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES &&..&....&
&..&&..&&& ......&&..
........&. = = = = &&&&&.....
&&&&&&&... &&&&..&&&&
&&&&&&..&. 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. ....&&&..&
&&&&&..... &&&..&....
.&&&..&&&& = = = = &&.....&&.
..&....&&. ...&&&....
&...&&.... 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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&&&&&&&&&& = = = = &&&&&&&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) &&&&&&&&&&
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