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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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