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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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###@£$:=,. FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP .,=:$£@###
##@£$:=,.. I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ..,=:$£@##
#@£$:=,... VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ...,=:$£@#
@£$:=,.... APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ....,=:$£@
£$:=,..... IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED .....,=:$£
$:=,...... BOTH THE SHOES. ......,=:$
:=,....... .......,=:
=,........ 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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