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#@#¤$%:«., :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ,.«:%$¤#@#
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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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#¤$::«,,,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,,,,«::$¤#
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