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##@@%§*=,, **************************************** ,,=*§%@@##
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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. ,,=*§%@###
###@%§*=,, ,,=*§%@###
#@§§=,,,,, * * * * ,,,,,=§§@#
###@%§*=,, ,,=*§%@###
@%%%§§*=,, 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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###@%§*=,, **************************************** ,,=*§%@###
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