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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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