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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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