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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. ,.~†^%@¶¶@
#@¶@%^†~., ,.~†^%@¶@#
@@¶@%^†~., 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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