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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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