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#@#¤%*~~,, **************************************** ,,~~*%¤#@#
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#@#¤%*~~,, MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ,,~~*%¤#@#
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#@#¤%*~~,, * * * * ,,~~*%¤#@#
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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. ,,~~*%¤#@#
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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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@#¤%*~~,,, **************************************** ,,,~~*%¤#@
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