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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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