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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. ##¶£*%*~,,
,,,~*%*£¶# #¶£*%*~,,,
,,,,~*%*£¶ 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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