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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. ......«*¤¶
¶¤*;«^.... ....^«;*¤¶
#&&&¤*;«^. 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. .^«;*¤&¶##
&&¤**«^... ...^«**¤&&
&¤;;«^.... 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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##¶&¤*;«^. (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) .^«;*¤&¶##
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