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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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