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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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