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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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