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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. ,,,,,=^^§#
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@§¤^=,,,,, 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. ,,==^¤§###
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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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