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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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