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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. ###@§£*;-~
,~-;*£§@## ##@§£*;-~,
,,,,,~;**§ 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. ###@§£*;-,
,~-;*£§@## ##@§£*;-~,
,~-;*£§@## 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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