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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
$;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;$
§$;=,¨¨¨¨¨ SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ¨¨¨¨¨,=;$§
§§$;=,¨¨¨¨ THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ¨¨¨¨,=;$§§
#§§$;=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
##§§$;=,¨¨ THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ¨¨,=;$§§##
###§§$;=,¨ GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ¨,=;$§§###
##§§$;=,¨¨ SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ¨¨,=;$§§##
#§§$;=,¨¨¨ TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
§§$;=,¨¨¨¨ WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ¨¨¨¨,=;$§§
§$;=,¨¨¨¨¨ QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ¨¨¨¨¨,=;$§
$;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;$
;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
$;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;$
§$;=,¨¨¨¨¨ VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ¨¨¨¨¨,=;$§
§§$;=,¨¨¨¨ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ¨¨¨¨,=;$§§
#§§$;=,¨¨¨ IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
##§§$;=,¨¨ BOTH THE SHOES. ¨¨,=;$§§##
###§§$;=,¨ ¨,=;$§§###
##§§$;=,¨¨ I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ¨¨,=;$§§##
#§§$;=,¨¨¨ MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
§§$;=,¨¨¨¨ STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ¨¨¨¨,=;$§§
§$;=,¨¨¨¨¨ PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ¨¨¨¨¨,=;$§
$;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;$
;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
$;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;$
§$;=,¨¨¨¨¨ FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ¨¨¨¨¨,=;$§
§§$;=,¨¨¨¨ BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ¨¨¨¨,=;$§§
#§§$;=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
##§§$;=,¨¨ SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ¨¨,=;$§§##
###§§$;=,¨ OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ¨,=;$§§###
##§§$;=,¨¨ ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ¨¨,=;$§§##
#§§$;=,¨¨¨ AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
§§$;=,¨¨¨¨ THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ¨¨¨¨,=;$§§
§$;=,¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ¨¨¨¨¨,=;$§
$;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;$
;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
$;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;$
§$;=,¨¨¨¨¨ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨¨¨¨¨,=;$§
§§$;=,¨¨¨¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨¨,=;$§§
#§§$;=,¨¨¨ SAID - ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
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#§§$;=,¨¨¨ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ¨¨¨,=;$§§#
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