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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. ,@,@,@,@,@
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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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