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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. ¤¤..¤¤..¤¤
....¤¤..¤¤ ..........
¤¤¤....... 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. ¤¤..¤¤..¤¤
..¤¤¤¤..¤¤ .........¤
...¤¤....¤ 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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