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§§§§$^^=-, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,-=^^$§§§§
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###§$^^=-, MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ,-=^^$§###
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###§$^^=-, ^ ^ ^ ^ ,-=^^$§###
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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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#§§§$^^=-, ^ ^ ^ ^ ,-=^^$§§§#
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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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