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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. ¤¤¤.¤¤¤¤.¤
..¤...¤..¤ ...¤¤...¤¤
¤.¤¤..¤¤.¤ 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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