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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. ¤..¤¤¤¤..¤
¤¤.¤....¤¤ ¤.¤...¤.¤.
.¤¤¤...¤.¤ 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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