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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. ,,,,.~†§§£
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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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