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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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$%:~-,,,,, SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ,,,,,-~:%$
@$%:~-,,,, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,,,,-~:%$@
#@$%:~-,,, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,,,-~:%$@#
##@$%:~-,, SAID - ,,-~:%$@##
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@$%:~-,,,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,,,,-~:%$@
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