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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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