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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. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# 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 - #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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