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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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.......... (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ..........
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