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###§@**~:, **************************************** ,:~**@§###
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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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