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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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