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##&§/«.,,, //////////////////////////////////////// ,,,.«/§&##
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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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