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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. ,,,,,,-†*@
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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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