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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 @..@.@.@@.
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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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