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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. ¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¤
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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. ¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¨
¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¨ ¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
¤¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨ 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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