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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 §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
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