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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. ,,,--†=£&£
#£&£=†--,, ,,--†=£&£#
##£&£=†--, 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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