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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. ,,~=*†*&#@
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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. ,,~=*†*&#@
#@#&*†*=~, ,~=*†*&#@#
@#&*†*=~,, 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. ,,~=*†*&#@
#@#&*†*=~, ,~=*†*&#@#
@#&*†*=~,, 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. ,,~=*†*&#@
#@#&*†*=~, ,~=*†*&#@#
@#&*†*=~,, 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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#@#&*†*=~, **************************************** ,~=*†*&#@#
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