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...&&&&&&& MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ...&&&&...
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&....&&&&& : : : : &........&
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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. &......&&.
&&..&&..&. ..&&&&....
.......... 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. &&&&..&&&&
...&&&&&.. &&&....&&.
&&..&&&..& : : : : &&..&&....
.....&.... &......&&.
&&&&...&&& 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. &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& 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. &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& 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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