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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. ##¤¤%;~,¨¨
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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 ##¤¤%;~,¨¨
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¨,~;%¤¤### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###¤¤%;~,¨
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