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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 §$$»,,¨¨¨¨
¨,»/$§§@## AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ##@§§$/»,¨
¨,»/$§§@## THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ##@§§$/»,¨
¨¨¨,»/$§§@ @§§$/»,¨¨¨
¨,»/$§§§§§ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT §§§§§$/»,¨
¨,»/$§§@## DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ##@§§$/»,¨
¨,»/$§@### CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ###@§$/»,¨
¨,»/$§@### SAID - ###@§$/»,¨
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¨,»/$§§@## / / / / ##@§§$/»,¨
¨,»/$§§@@# #@@§§$/»,¨
¨,»/$§§@## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##@§§$/»,¨
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