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@@¶@&%==,, ======================================== ,,==%&@¶@@
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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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