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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 ......,=§&
#@@&$§=»,. WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. .,»=§$&@@#
&&§»»».... ....»»»§&&
@&$§§==»,. THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. .,»==§§$&@
#@@&$§=»,. WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN .,»=§$&@@#
&&$§»»,,,. GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN .,,,»»§$&&
@@&&$§=»,. A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, .,»=§$&&@@
&&§§»,.... 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 ....,»§§&&
@&$§»..... COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO .....»§$&@
##@@&$§=», YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ,»=§$&@@##
@&$=»»»»,. FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" .,»»»»=$&@
@&&&$§=»,. BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. .,»=§$&&&@
@$§§===»,. .,»===§§$@
@&§==».... 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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