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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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