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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 ,,-::*@###
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####@*:-,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,,-:*@####
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