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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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