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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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