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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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