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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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