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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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