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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 ..:-^†¤###
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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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