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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. ¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¨ 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. ¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤ ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤ 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. ¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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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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