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^-,,,,,,,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,,,,,,-^
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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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#§%$^-,,,, SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ,,,,-^$%§#
§%$^-,,,,, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,,,,,-^$%§
%$^-,,,,,, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,,,,,,-^$%
$^-,,,,,,, SAID - ,,,,,,,-^$
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-,,,,,,,,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,,,,,,,,,-
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