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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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¨¨¨¨-~:%§# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #§%:~-¨¨¨¨
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