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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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