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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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