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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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