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..,-^^$#¶# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #¶#$^^-,..
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..,-^^$#¶# MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES #¶#$^^-,..
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..,-^^$#¶# ^ ^ ^ ^ #¶#$^^-,..
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..,-^^$#¶# IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. #¶#$^^-,..
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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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..,-^^$#¶# I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## ##¶#$^^-,.
..,-^^$#¶# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT #¶#$^^-,..
...,-^^$#¶ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¶#$^^-,...
..,-^^$#¶# CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND #¶#$^^-,..
.,-^^$#¶## SAID - ##¶#$^^-,.
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.,-^^$#¶## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##¶#$^^-,.
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