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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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