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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES #¨#¨##¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #¨#¨¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ = = = = #¨#¨##¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #¨#¨¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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 - #¨#¨¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #¨#¨##¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ = = = = #¨#¨¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #¨#¨##¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #¨#¨¨#¨##¨
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