,:»/†&#### ####&†/»:,
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,,,»»††### ###††»»,,,
,:»/†&#### //////////////////////////////////////// ####&†/»:,
,:»/†&#### ####&†/»:,
,,,,,,:»†# MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES #†»:,,,,,,
,,,,,:»†## ##†»:,,,,,
,:»/†&#### / / / / ####&†/»:,
,:»/†&#### ####&†/»:,
,,:://&&## 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 - #&&†»,,,,,
,,,»»/†&## ##&†/»»,,,
,,,,:/†&## / / / / ##&†/:,,,,
:»/†&##### #####&†/»:
,:»/†&#### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ####&†/»:,
,,,:»»»†&# #&†»»»:,,,
,:»/†&#### //////////////////////////////////////// ####&†/»:,
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