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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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#§$%^«^,,, THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ,,,^«^%$§#
##§$%^«^,, GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ,,^«^%$§##
###§$%^«^, SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ,^«^%$§###
##§$%^«^,, TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ,,^«^%$§##
#§$%^«^,,, WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ,,,^«^%$§#
§$%^«^,,,, QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ,,,,^«^%$§
$%^«^,,,,, WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ,,,,,^«^%$
§$%^«^,,,, ,,,,^«^%$§
#§$%^«^,,, THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ,,,^«^%$§#
##§$%^«^,, WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ,,^«^%$§##
###§$%^«^, GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ,^«^%$§###
##§$%^«^,, A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ,,^«^%$§##
#§$%^«^,,, FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ,,,^«^%$§#
§$%^«^,,,, AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ,,,,^«^%$§
$%^«^,,,,, WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ,,,,,^«^%$
§$%^«^,,,, TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ,,,,^«^%$§
#§$%^«^,,, DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,,^«^%$§#
##§$%^«^,, WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ,,^«^%$§##
###§$%^«^, EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ,^«^%$§###
##§$%^«^,, PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ,,^«^%$§##
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§$%^«^,,,, FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP ,,,,^«^%$§
#§$%^«^,,, I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ,,,^«^%$§#
##§$%^«^,, VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ,,^«^%$§##
###§$%^«^, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ,^«^%$§###
##§$%^«^,, IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ,,^«^%$§##
#§$%^«^,,, BOTH THE SHOES. ,,,^«^%$§#
§$%^«^,,,, ,,,,^«^%$§
$%^«^,,,,, I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ,,,,,^«^%$
§$%^«^,,,, MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ,,,,^«^%$§
#§$%^«^,,, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,,,^«^%$§#
##§$%^«^,, PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,,^«^%$§##
###§$%^«^, LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ,^«^%$§###
##§$%^«^,, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ,,^«^%$§##
#§$%^«^,,, WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ,,,^«^%$§#
§$%^«^,,,, COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ,,,,^«^%$§
$%^«^,,,,, YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ,,,,,^«^%$
§$%^«^,,,, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,,,,^«^%$§
#§$%^«^,,, BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ,,,^«^%$§#
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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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