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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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