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