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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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