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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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