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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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¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¨¨ ; ; ; ; ¤¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¤
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¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¨ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¨
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