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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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#@%$:-,¨¨¨ THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@%$:-,¨¨¨¨ GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ¨¨¨¨,-:$%@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@#@%$:-,¨ WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ¨,-:$%@#@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@%$:-,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,-:$%@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@#@%$:-,¨ GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ¨,-:$%@#@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@%$:-,¨¨¨¨ AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ¨¨¨¨,-:$%@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@#@%$:-,¨ DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ¨,-:$%@#@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@%$:-,¨¨¨¨ PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ¨¨¨¨,-:$%@
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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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#@%$:-,¨¨¨ SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@%$:-,¨¨¨¨ OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ¨¨¨¨,-:$%@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@#@%$:-,¨ THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ¨,-:$%@#@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@%$:-,¨¨¨¨ AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ¨¨¨¨,-:$%@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@#@%$:-,¨ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ¨,-:$%@#@#
@#@%$:-,¨¨ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨¨,-:$%@#@
#@%$:-,¨¨¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨,-:$%@#
@%$:-,¨¨¨¨ SAID - ¨¨¨¨,-:$%@
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@#@%$:-,¨¨ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ¨¨,-:$%@#@
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