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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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