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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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