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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. .-»:*%¤@##
#@%%:»-... ...-»:%%@#
##@¤%*:»-. 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. .....-:%@@
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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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