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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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$§:~:..... SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT .....:~:§$
§$§:~:.... DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ....:~:§$§
#§$§:~:... CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ...:~:§$§#
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§$§:~:.... (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ....:~:§$§
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