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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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