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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 ,,,,,~=*¤@
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##@¤§*=~~, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,~~=*§¤@##
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