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¨,-=%§&### ======================================== ###&§%=-,¨
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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. ###&§%=-,¨
¨,-=%§&&## ##&&§%=-,¨
¨,-=%§&### = = = = ###&§%=-,¨
¨,-=%§&### ###&§%=-,¨
¨,-=%§&### 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. ##&%=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨---%&## ##&%---¨¨¨
¨,-=%§&### 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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