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¨¨:=*%$¤## **************************************** ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## * * * * ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### * * * * ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## BOTH THE SHOES. ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### SAID - ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### * * * * ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###¤$%*=:¨
¨¨:=*%$¤## ##¤$%*=:¨¨
¨:=*%$¤### **************************************** ###¤$%*=:¨
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