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¨,-*^%§@## MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ##@§%^*-,¨
¨,-*^%§### ###§%^*-,¨
¨,-^%§@### * * * * ###@§%^-,¨
¨,-*^%§@@# #@@§%^*-,¨
¨,-*^^^%%§ 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. ###@%^*-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-^§ §^-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,-*^%§@## 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. ##@§%^*-,¨
¨,-*^%§@## ##@§%^*-,¨
¨¨¨,,,*^§@ 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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¨,-*^%@### **************************************** ###@%^*-,¨
¨,-*^%§@## ##@§%^*-,¨
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