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¨¨¨¨¨¨»»$@ MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES @$»»¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.»\$%@### \ \ \ \ ###@%$\».¨
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¨.»\$%@@## IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ##@@%$\».¨
¨...»\$$%@ 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. @@@%$\\».¨
¨.»\$%@@## ##@@%$\».¨
¨¨¨..»\$@@ 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. @$»¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.»\\$%%%@ 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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